parpata :
Use in other system of medicine:
Traditionally Indian Fumitory is used in aches and pains, diarrhoea, fever, influenza and liver
complaints. The herb mixed with honey may be taken internally to prevent vomiting. A cold infusion of
the plant is used to treat wasting diseases of children and to help cooling during fever and in the
treatment of constipation and dyspepsia. It is used as a blood purifier for skin diseases and applied
externally in leucoderma and as a fomentation for swollen joints. The dried plant is also used as an
anthelmintic, diuretic and diaphoretic and, in combination with black pepper, for jaundice.
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