Family Name: Appiaceae
Common Name: Pennywort, Indian Pennywort, Artayniya-e-hindi, jal brahmi
Parts Used: Whole plant
Uses: It is tonic, diuretic and alterative. It is used in treatment of leprosy and known to ameliorate the symptoms of the disease and improves general health of the patient. It is a brain tonic and stimulates hair growth.
The plant is bitter, acrid, sweet, cooling, soporific, cardiotonic, nervine tonic, stomachic, carminative, antileprotic, diuretic and febrifuge, and it is useful in vitiated conditions of pitta, insomnia, cardiac debility, epilepsy, hoarseness, asthma, bronchitis, hiccough, amentia, abdominal disorders, leprosy, strangury and fever. The leaves are useful in abdominal disorders due to dysentery in children.
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