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Diuretic |
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A diuretic is a substance that increases the secretion, flow, and expulsion of urine.
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Plants having 'Diuretic' activity
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| Nasturtium indicum | Diuretic, stimulant, and antiscorbutic (plant); laxative (seed) | | Nasturtium officinale | Antiscorbutic and stimulant (plant); blood purifier, vermifuge and diuretic (plant decoction); antiscorbutic, depurative, diuretic, expectorant, purgative, hypoglycaemic, odontalgic, stimulant and stomachic (leaves) | | Nelumbo nucifera | Diuretic and depresses the central nervous system (rhizome). | | Nerium oleander | The leaves and the flowers are cardiotonic, diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic, expectorant and sternutatory; cardiotonic (leaf, bark, root and seed); induces tears (fresh leaf juice); stimulant, antiinflammatory and relieves pain (bark, root and seed) | | Nicandra physalodes | Diuretic, anthelmintic, stimulates the central nervous system, repels insects and hypothermic (plant). | | Nicotiana tobacum | Medicinally it is used as a sedative, diuretic, expectorant, discutient, and sialagogue, and internally only as an emetic, when all other emetics fail. The leaves are antispasmodic, discutient, diuretic, emetic, expectorant, irritant, narcotic, sedative and sialagogue. | | Nigella sativa | Diuretic, carminative, alleviates spasms, antiprotozoal, anticancer and stimulates the cardiovascular and immune systems (seed); antiasthmatic, dilates bronchial tubes, hypotensive, insecticidal, antibacterial and in animals depresses the central nervous system. | | Ochrosia elliptica | Diuretic and purgative (plant) | | Ocimum gratissimum | Antifungal and antibacterial (essential oil); digestive, tonic, stimulant, demulcent,
diuretic, antiemetic, antiseptic, styptic, stimulates the central nervous system, antirheumatic and alleviates spasms (plant). | | Ocimum sanctum | Expectorant, stomachic, diuretic, antiseptic and cardiac stimulant, febrifuge (root). | | Oenanthe aquatica | Antiperiodic, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant and pectoral (fruit) | | Oldenlandia diffusa | Alterative, anodyne, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, cardiotonic, depurative, diuretic, febrifuge and sedative (whole plant). | | Ononis spinosa | Antitussive, aperient, diuretic and lithontripic (roots, leaves, flowers) | | Onopordum acanthium | Antipyretic, antitussive, aperitif, cardiotonic, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, laxative, stimulant and stomachic (plant); astringent (root); cardiotonic (flowers) | | Onosma bracteatum | The plant is alterative, demulcent, refrigerant, tonic, diuretic, reduces fever and alleviates spasms. | | Opuntia dillenii | Diuretic and stimulates the central nervous system (fruit); bitter, hot, laxative; stomachic, carminative, antipyretic (plant) | | Origanum majorana | Antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cholagogue, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic and mildly tonic (herb) | | Oroxylum indicum | Laxative (seed); astringent and diaphoretic (root bark); diuretic (bark); alleviates spasms (fruit); anthelmintic, carminative and antiarthritic. | | Orthosiphon aristatus | Acts as diuretic (leaves) | | Oxalis acetosella | Antidote, arsenic, antidote, antipyretic, antiscorbutic, antiseptic, aphrodisiac, astringent, cardiac, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, hemostatic, toxic and vermifuge. | | |