(L.) DC.Family: Compositae; Asteraceae.
Habitat: Throughout India, ascending to 1,350 m in the hills.
Ayurvedic: Shash-shruti (non- classical).Unani: Hirankhuri.Folk: Sadamandi.Action: Plant—sudorific, febrifuge, antiseptic. Used in infantile tympanitis and bowel complaints. Root—antidiarrhoeal. Leaf—used for otitis media under medical supervision.
The aerial parts contain pyrrolizi- dine alkaloids, senkirkine and doro- nine. Presence of simiaral, beta-sitos- terol, stigmasterol, palmitic and tria- contannic acids is also reported.
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