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Mazus pumilus (Nepali-TaapreJhaar/Maltin Jhaar, Popular-Japanese mazus/Asian mazus)Scrophulariaceae. It is a lowlying herb found in wet grasslands and in moist wastelands. The herb has antioxidant, antibacterial, anti inflammatory, hepatoprotective, febrifuge, tonic, emnenagogue, antifungal, cardioprotective and anticancer activities. The main phytoconstituents are alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, saponins, sterols, triterpenoids, tannins and phenolic compounds. The nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins C, B1,B3,B5,B6 and B9.Young leaves are cooked as vegetables. Consumption of this herb protects us from various chronic and neurodegenerative diseases and cancers due to the presence of good amount of phenolic compounds. The juice of the herb is used in the treatment of typhoid. The infusion of the whole plant is consumed as tonic. Ethnomedicinally, whole plant has been used as a remedy for epilepsy. It is a well known traditional medicinal plant. It is also used ...

Mazus pumilus (Nepali-TaapreJhaar/Maltin Jhaar, Popular-Japanese mazus/Asian mazus)Scrophulariaceae. It is a lowlying herb found in wet grasslands and in moist wastelands. The herb has antioxidant, antibacterial, anti inflammatory, hepatoprotective, febrifuge, tonic, emnenagogue, antifungal, cardioprotective and anticancer activities. The main phytoconstituents are alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, saponins, sterols, triterpenoids, tannins and phenolic compounds. The nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins C, B1,B3,B5,B6 and B9.Young leaves are cooked as vegetables. Consumption of this herb protects us from various chronic and neurodegenerative diseases and cancers due to the presence of good amount of phenolic compounds. The juice of the herb is used in the treatment of typhoid. The infusion of the whole plant is consumed as tonic. Ethnomedicinally, whole plant has been used as a remedy for epilepsy. It is a well known traditional medicinal plant. It is also used ...

Some common medicinal plants of Bonai Forest Division. 1. Averrhoa carambola Family - Oxalidaceae  Medicinal uses - Ripened fruit is used to treat in bleeding hemorrhoids. 2. Eryngium foetidum Family - Apiaceae Medicinal uses - Volatile oil from leaf is used as anti-inflammation. 3. Oxalis corniculta Family - Oxalidaceae Medicinal uses - It is used to treat scurvy. 4. Cheilocostus speciosus Family - Costaceae Medicinal uses - Decoction of leaves is used in diabetes. 5. Oroxylum indicum Family - Bignoniaceae Medicinal uses - Bark is used in jaundice. 6. Mazus pumilus Family - Mazaceae Medicinal uses - The juice of the whole plant is used to treat typhoid. 7. Cissampelos pareira Family - Menispermaceae Medicinal uses - The root decoction is used in malaria. Sugimani Marndi (Biodiversity and conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Cuttack,Odisha)