Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov. Family - Apocynaceae Common name - Brushagandha(odia), dholi dudhi (hindi).
Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov. Family - Apocynaceae Common name - Brushagandha(odia), dholi dudhi (hindi). 💉 Medicinal uses - 🌸 Dried leaf used as bronchitis, dysmenorrheal, asthma, healing cuts & wounds. 🌸 Fresh leaf is used as juice to cure catarrhal infections, infantile diarrhea. 🌸 Latex of this plant used for toothache, boils & sores. 🌸 Stem bark is used for cold, fever, malaria & twig used as an antipyretic. 🌸 Aerial part is used as hepatoprotective, antifertility, anti-diabetic, analgesic antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, snake bite. 🌸 Root is used as bronchitis, constipation & gonorrhea. 🌸 Whole plant is used as anthelmintic, emmenagogue(increase menstrual flow), parturition(childbirth), delayed childbirth, amenorrhea(the absence of monthly menstrual periods). Sugimani Marndi Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Cuttack, Odisha www.aprf.co.in
