bendarli (Tam.) :

Plant growing in native habitat Photograph by: V-wolf

Phytochemistry:

It contains fatty oil (40-50%), a complex high polymeric carbohydrate sporonin, sucrose, a protamine, hydrocaffeic acid an alkaloids (0.12%) of which lycopodine is major constituent and the other alkaloids are clavatin and clavatoxine.

PHARMACOLOGY:

Spores of this plant produce a powder which can be used as a chemical marker. This chemical marker can be used for various forensic studies

In the Homeopathic system of medicine Club Moss is used under the name of medicine Lycopodium Clavatum. It is the best homeopathic remedy for liver diseases and for people who have a sensitive digestive system. This remedy is also used to treat indigestion, hemorrhoids, enlarged prostate, nervousness and headaches of the right side.