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Antipyretic |
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An antipyretic agent is a drug that relieves or reduces fever. It acts by lowering the body temperature from a raised state.
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Plants having 'Antipyretic' activity
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| Cyperus brevifolius | Anti-inflammatory (pounded rhizome); diuretic (decoction of whole plant); decongestant, antipyretic, antiinflammatory, analgesic, antimalarial (whole plant). | | Cyperus haspan | Used as febrifuge (smoke from the pith). | | Cyperus iria | As tonic, stimulant, stomachic, febrifuge and astringent (plant); diuretic (rhizome) | | Cyperus rotundus | Astringent, anthelmintic, diuretic, carminative, increases the secretion of gastric juices, stimulant and diaphoretic (tuber); antipyretic and antiinflammatory (rhizome oil)analgesic, antibacterial, antibiotic, antispasmodic, antitussive, aromatic, contraceptive, emmenagogue, lithontripic, sedative, antierysipelas, stomachic, tonic, vermifuge. | | Cyrtomium fortunei | Analgesic, anthelmintic, antibacterial, anticoagulant, antiviral, depurative, febrifuge and haemostatic (rhizome) | | Daphne papyracea | Bitter, febrifuge and purgative (plant) | | Datura stramonium | The leaves, flowering tops and seeds are anodyne, antiasthmatic, antispasmodic, hallucinogenic, hypnotic, mydriatic and narcotic; kills insects (plant extract); antidandruff (fruit); narcotic (seed); intoxicating (which can be fatal) and sedative (young fruit); anticholinergic, cyanogenetic, expectorant, reduces fever, fumitory, fungicidal, hypnotic, poisonous. | | Dendranthema x grandiflorum | Antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, carminative, depurative, diaphoretic, febrifuge, ophthalmic, refrigerant and sedative (flower heads). | | Descurainia sophia | Atiscorbutic and astringent (flowers, leaves); Cardiotonic, demulcent, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge, laxative, restorative and tonic (seed) | | Desmodium gangeticum | Analgesic and antiinflammatory (root), Astringent, diuretic, febrifuge, expectorant, laxative, nervine, tonic. | | Desmodium pulchellum | Used as tonic after childbirth (decoction of roots); antipyretic (plant); antihemorrhagic (bark). | | Desmodium styracifolium | Diuretic and febrifuge (whole plant) | | Dianthus chinensis | Anthelmintic, antibacterial, antiphlogistic, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge and haemostatic (whole plant) | | Dichroa febrifuga | Purgative (leaves); emetic, expectorant, febrifuge and purgative (root) | | Dictamnus albus | Abortifacient, anthelmintic, antispasmodic, aromatic, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, galactogogue, stimulant and tonic (flowering stem, root bark) | | Dioscorea deltoidea | Antimicrobial (seed extract) and antipyretic (leaf), contraceptive. | | Diospyros digyna | Astringent (unripe fruit); Employed as an astringent and taken internally as a febrifuge (leaf decoction). | | Diospyros peregrina | Astringent (fruit and stem bark); acrid, bitter and oleaginous (unripe fruit); cooling, anti-inflammatory, constipating, depurative and febrifuge (bark); diuretic, carminative, laxative, ophthalmic and stypic (leaves); diuretic and aphrodisiac (flowers). | | Dodonaea viscosa | Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, spasmolytic, antiviral and hypotensive (plant); anodyne, astringent, diaphoretic, febrifuge, odontalgic and vulnerary (leaves) | | Dracaena reflexa | Antipyretic and hemostatic | | |