kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Genus: Hygrophila
COMMON NAMES:-kulikanta, talimkhana,talmakhana, nirmulli, vayelchulli.. etc..
NATURE:- it is herb.., has height about 50-160 cm high.
LEAVES:-leaves are mostly yellow spine in its axile, whorled, and 6 at the node.
FLOWERS:-flowers are mostly 8 in whorl, with purple-blue in colour size about 3.2 cm long.
,2-lipped,lower lip characteristically folded.
MEEDICINAL USES OF HYGROPHILA AURICULATA (TALMAKHANA):- “drug obtained by this plants all the parts , which is useful in dropacy, jaundice and diseases of urinogential system.
Seeds are useful in the venereal diseases.
The drugs which obtained by this plants leaves are useful in the cough and urethral discharges.
Practical uses by the people of Tripura it has been found that leaves of Hygrophila auriculata are also useful to raise blood heamoglobin.
ReplyDeleteRajib is very correct in saying that 'Hygrophila auriculata' raises hemoglobin. I have tried with tablet from shed dried plant and made into tablet and tried fifteen female patients with significant improvement in hemoglobin content.
ReplyDeleteDr. Amal
Hello. I'm interested in purchasing this plant, leaves. Do you know where I'd be able to find it?
ReplyDeleteThank you,
Gerardo Avila
Hello. I'm interested in purchasing this plant, leaves. Do you know where I'd be be able to purchase it?
ReplyDeleteThank you,
Gerardo
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