Oxalis corniculata L. Family - Oxalidaceae Common name - Yellow sorrel

Oxalis corniculata L.

Family - Oxalidaceae

Common name - Yellow sorrel

Medicinal uses - 

💫 The leaf juice is applied to insect bites, burns and skin eruptions.

💫 The plant is a good source of vitamin C & is used as an antiscorbutic in the treatment of scurvy.

💫 It is also used for the treatment of influenza, fever, urinary tract infections, enteritis, diarrhoea, traumatic, injuries, sprains & poisonous snake bites.

💫 Anti-inflammatory, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, antifungal, antiulcer, antinociceptive, anticancer, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, hypolipedemic, abortificient, antimicrobial and wound healing properties.

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. 

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Cuttack, Odisha 

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