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Vitex negundo |
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Latin Name: Vitex negundo
Indian Name: Nirgundi
Habitat: Bengal, southern India and Burma .
Useful in: Nirgundi has analgesic properties. A decoction of the leaves was found to prevent the development of swelling of joints.
Leaves are very efficacious in dispelling inflammatory swellings of the joints from acute rheumatism. They are useful in dispersing swellings of the joints from acute rheumatism, and of the testes from suppressed gonorrhoea.
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The fruit is also used in the treatment of rheumatic difficulties etc. The fresh berries are pounded to a pulp and used in the form of a tincture for the relief of paralysis, pains in the limbs, weakness etc. The root is expectorant, febrifuge and tonic It is used in the treatment of rheumatic ailments.
Reference: Indian Materia Medica Vol :2 Page :1279;
(Quisumbing, 808, Barkill II, 2239, Shrivastva & Sisodia, Indian vet journal1970) (The Wealth of India , Vol X, Pg. 523-524) |
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