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Uses of sushavi - Calycopteris floribunda Lamk., nigella sativa, m..

sushavi :

sushavi  - Calycopteris floribunda Lamk., nigella sativa, momordica charantia


Therapeutic Uses:

Ukshi is revered as a life-saver by the forest dwellers who regularly depend on this vine during summer when streams dry up. Sections of the vine store water, which people often use to quench their thirst. The leaves are bitter, astringent, laxative, anthelmintic, depurative, diaphoretic and febrifuge. They are useful in intestinal worms, colic, leprosy, malarial fever, dysentery, ulcers and vomiting. The fruits are useful in jaundice, ulcers, pruritus and skin diseases.

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