Jussiaea suffruticosa Health Dictionary

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Linn.

Synonym: Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven. Oenothera octovalis Jacq.

Family: Onagraceae.

Habitat: A native of the New World; found in marshy fields in India.

Ayurvedic: Jala-lavanga, Bhuu- lavanga, Bana-laung.

Siddha/Tamil: Nirkkrambu.

Action: Cooling, diuretic, astringent, mild laxative. Used in catarrhal affections of children; applied externally for burns and scalds. Pulp of the plant, steeped in buttermilk, is used for dysentery. Root—febrifuge.

Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Jussiaea Tenella

Burm. f.

Synonym: J. linifolia Vahl. J. fissendocarpa Haines.

Family: Onagraceae.

Habitat: Watery and swampy places in Bihar and Orissa and in some parts of South India.

Ayurvedic: Jala-lavanga (var.).

Action: See J. suffruticosa.

An infusion of the root is given in syphilis. The plant is employed in poultice for pimples.... jussiaea tenella

Ruellia Suffruticosa

Roxb.

Synonym: Dipteracanthus suffruti- cosus Viogt.

Family: Acanthaceae.

Habitat: Native to central America; introduced into Indian gardens as ornament.

Folk: Chaarapaatu, Chaaraparaad (Bihar).

Action: Plant—used in renal affections, gonorrhoea, syphilis and other venereal diseases.... ruellia suffruticosa

Securinega Suffruticosa

(Pall.) Rehder.

Synonym: S. ramiflora Muell. Flueggea suffruticosa Baill.

Family: Euphorbiaceae.

Habitat: Eastern Himalayas, up to an altitude of 250 m.

Siddha/Tamil: Vellaippula (S. virosa).

Folk: Dalme, Kodarsi, Pandharphali (S. virosa).

Action: Alkaloid, securinine in the leaves stimulates central nervous system similar to strychnine and is comparatively less toxic. It is found useful in paresis and paralysis following infectious diseases and physical disorders. (The plant can replace strychnine and nux-vomica in medicinal preparations.)

A related species, Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baillon, distributed throughout India up to an altitude of 2,000 m, gave securinine as the main alkaloid, along with virosecurinine and viroallosecurinine, and a coumarin, bergenin. The root bark contains an alkaloid, virosine. Whole root contains alkaloids, hordenine (flueggeine) and nor-securinine. A decoction of the root is given to induce sleep and for fever; that of bark in diarrhoea and pneumonia. The leaves are reported to be given in venereal diseases.... securinega suffruticosa

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