Littoral bind weed
Scientific name ofLittoral bind weed: Cressa cretica
Name of Littoral bind weed in different languages:-
English: Littoral bind weed
Sanskrit: Rudandi, Rudandika
Hindi: Rudravanti, Lana
Tamil: Uppucanakai
Malayalam: Azhukanni-അഴുകണ്ണി
Plant description:
It is small herb, an erect, grow up to 40 cm in height, slender and much branched with hairy stem; the are leaves simple, sub sessile, numerous, ovate, apex acute, densely silky and up to 9 mm long and 6 mm wide; flower are white, in clusters in the axils, corolla lobed, hairy on the the tip; fruits are ovoid capsules, pointed found at the apex; seeds are solitary.
Useful plant parts:
Whole plant
Medicinal uses:
To treat Jaundice, scabies, Diabetes, constipation, to pacify vitiated kapha and pitta, consumption, urethrorrhea, dyspepsia, colic, anorexia, helminthiasis, anemia, diabetes, leprosy, asthma, bronchitis,general debility, flatulence etc.
Medicinal properties:
Bloodpurifier, anthelmintic, expectorant, carminative, digestive, alterant, stomachic, aphrodisac, acrid, thermogenic, haematinic and tonic
Used as an ingredient to prepare the Ayurveda medicines like:
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