Andrographis paniculata (Kuilirakha) family Acanthaceae, native to India, Dr.Abhay Kumar Pati, CEO

June 13, 2010 - PRLog -- KALMEGH

Latin name:         Andrographis paniculata
English name:      The Creat
Sanskrit name :      Bhunimba, Yavatikta
Indian name:         Kalamegh

Medicinal parts used:   Leaves and Roots

Andrographis paniculata is a herbaceous plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to India and Sri Lanka. It is widely cultivated in southern Asia, where it is used to treat infections and some diseases, often being used before antibiotics were created. It is given for fever along with several herbs.
It is an erect annual herb. Stem is dark green, quadrangular with longitudinal furrows and wings on the angles of the younger parts and slightly enlarged at the nodes. The leaves are glabrous, dark green, arranged opposite decussate, lanceolate and pinnate. The flowers are small, in lax spreading axillary and terminal racemes or panicles. The capsules are linear-oblong and acute at both ends. The seeds are numerous, sub-quadrate and yellowish brown in colour.

Therapeutic use:
•   Promotes digestion and protects the liver and gall bladder.
•   Kills intestinal worms & support intestine.
•   Protects skin from pimples.
•   Pain killer, reduces swelling and cuts down exudation from capillaries.
•   Fights bacterial activity. Although Andrographis appears to have weak direct antibacterial action, it has remarkably beneficial effect in reducing diarrhea and symptoms arising from bacterial infections.
•   Promotes mucus discharge from the respiratory system.
•   Blood sugar reducer, immune enhancement.
•   Aids bowel elimination and a relaxing herb, though not with the same effect as the accepted herbal sedatives, valerian roots, hops, skullcap, etc.

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