Elephantopus scaber L. Family - Asteraceae Common name - Elephant Foot, Mayurachandrika (Odia).
Elephantopus scaber L.
Family - Asteraceae
Common name - Elephant Foot, Mayurachandrika (Odia).
Medicinal uses -
ЁЯНАRoots and leaves are used as emollient for dysuria, diarrhoea, dysentery, swellings and stomach pain.
ЁЯНАRoot is prescribed to prevent vomiting.
ЁЯНАPowdered with pepper it is applied for tooth-ache.
ЁЯНАLeaves are used in applications for eczema and ulcers.
Sugimani Marndi
(Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, India.)
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