Mollugo cerviana Health Dictionary

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Ser.

Family: Aizoaceae; Molluginaceae.

Habitat: Upper Gangetic Plains, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.

Ayurvedic: Parpata (substitute). Grishma-Sundara.

Siddha/Tamil: Parpaatakam.

Folk: Jeem Shaak.

Action: Plant—stomachic, aperient, febrifuge, antiseptic, blood purifier (used for venereal diseases), emmenagogue. Root—used in rheumatism and gout.

Flowers and shoots—diaphoretic, given in fevers. An infusion of the plant is given to promote lochial discharge.

The plant contains orientin (leteo- lin-8-C-glucoside), vitexin (apigenin- 8-C-glucoside) and their 2"-O-gluco- sides. The plant is cardiostimulant, also antibacterial.
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Mollugo Spergula

Linn.

Synonym: M. oppositifolia Linn. Glinus oppositifolius (Linn.) A. DC.

Family: Aizoaceae, Molluginaceae.

Habitat: Greater part of India, especially in Assam, Bengal and Deccan Peninsula.

Ayurvedic: Grishma-sundara, Parpata (Kerala).

Siddha/Tamil: Thurapoondu.

Folk: Jala-papr (Bihar), Jeem Shaak.

Action: Plant—stomachic, aperient and antiseptic. Used as a bitter tonic for liver disorders.

Aerial parts gave vitexin, vitexin-7- glucoside and 2"-p-coumaroylvitexin- 7-glucoside.

Mollugo stricta Linn., synonym M. pentaphylla Linn. (throughout the plains and Ghats of India), is also known as Parpatakam in the South, Jala-papr in Bihar and Kharas in Maharashtra. The plant is stomachic, aperient, emmenagogue and antiseptic. Its biological activity is spermiostatic.... mollugo spergula

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