Whole plant
Medicinal uses:
Chemical constituents :
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Botanical Name: | Andrographis paniculata Nees. | |
| Sanskrit Name: | Kalamegh, Bhunimba, Kirata | ||
| English Name: | -- | ||
| Family: | Acanthaceae | ||
| Occurrence: | Field, headges, cultivated | ||
| Habit: | Herb | ||
| Parts used: |
Whole plant |
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Medicinal uses: |
Plant is febrifuge, tonic, alterative and anthelmintic. It is useful in debility, dysentery and dyspepsia. Infusion of the plant is used in fever. Roots and leaves are febrifuge, stomachic, tonic, alterative and anthelmintic. | ||
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Plant contains Kalameghin and a bitter principle Andrographolide. | ||