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Eclipta prostrata  Linn

   

Botanical Name

:

Eclipta prostrata Linn

English Name

:

Thistles, Trailing Eclipta and Common Sand-Aster

Synonym(s)

:

Eclipta alba (Linn.) Hassk. Cotula alba L., Verbesina alba L., Verbesina pseudoacmilla L., Eclipta erecta L.

Family

:

Asteraceae

 

General Info

Description

An erect or prostrate, much branched, roughly hairy, annual, rooting at the nodes; and grows as high as approximately 30 cm; the leaves are opposite, sessile and lanceolate; the flower-heads are white. Its seeds are small and black and resemble mustard seeds.

Herb Effects

Kills nematodes, antihepatotoxic, depurative, antiinflammatory, antiviral, absorbent, relieves pain, ovicidal, stimulates the cardiovascular system, alleviates spasms (plant); laxative and emetic (root).

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Complementary and Alternative Healing University
Herbal Monograph
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Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Wedelolactone, demethyl wedelolactone, stigmasterol, hentriacontanol, heptacosanol and terthienylmethanol (root); luteolin-7-O-glucosides and beta-amyrin (aerial part); ecliptine, nicotine and resin.

Chemistry of Active Ingredients
Product Categories

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Product Categories
Wedelolactone 524-12-9 Not Available C16H10O7 Click Here To Enlarge
Stigmasterol 4736-55-4 17-(4-ethyl-1,5-dime
thyl-hex-2-enyl)-10,
13-dimethyl-1,2,4,5,
6,7,8,9,10 ,11,12,1
3,14,15,16,17-hexade
cahydrocyclopenta[a]
phenanthren-3-one
C29H48O Click Here To Enlarge
Heptacosanol 2004-39-9 Heptacosan-1-ol C27H56O Click Here To Enlarge
Luteolin-7-O-glucoside 26811-41-6 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4-hydroxy-7-[3,4
,5-trihydroxy-6-(hyd
roxymethyl )oxan-2-
yl]oxy-chromen-5-one
C21H20O11 Click Here To Enlarge
Beta-Amyrin 559-70-6 4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,1
4b-octamethyl-1,2,3,
4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,1
2a,14,14a- tetradec
ahydropicen-3-ol
C30H50O Click Here To Enlarge
Nicotine 65-31-6 3-(1-methylpyrrolidi
n-2-yl)pyridine
C10H14N2 Click Here To Enlarge

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

Tetanus, baldness, long-term skin diseases, in enlargements of the liver and spleen (as a tonic and deobstruent) (plant); in catarrhal jaundice (plant juice and "aromatics"); as an antiseptic in cattle wounds etc. and in syphilis (root), removes worms, cough and indigestion, good remedy for dental disorders. Various local traditions and Ayurveda employ its parts for elephantiasis, migraine, pyorrhoea, chronic dysentery, oedema, nervous weakness, anorexia, gum troubles and to remove intestinal worms.This plant invigorates sex and consumed for fertility. It is an antidote for poisons.

Contraindication

Can cause chills. Safety in young children, or pregnant or nursing women is not known.

Reference

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.


Grieve M. A Modern Herbal 1931 (www.botanical.com).

Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.

Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas.

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