Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Barleria strigosa Willd Family : Acanthaceae Common name : Saptaphena (Photo credit - Rajkumari Supriya) Medicinal uses - 🌺It is used as antianaemic. 🌺Leaf juice in coconut oil is applied externlly to cure pimples. 🌺Decoction (50 ml) of root (10 mg), 20 gm ‘Sunthi’ (dried rhizome of ginger) 7 black peppers 3-5 small cardamoms & 10 gm ‘Kala jeera’ (Nigella sativa) given twice a day for 7 days for the treatment of Bile and gastric troubles. 🌺Leaves & roots used in cough & inflammation. Sugimani Marndi Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.  Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Cuttack, Odisha  www.aprf.co.in