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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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| Daphne genkwa | Anticoagulant, antiseptic, antitussive, antiviral, diuretic, purgative and stomachic (buds); abortifacient, anticoagulant, diuretic, purgative and vesicant (root) | | Daucus carota | Effect on coronary blood vessels (50% EtOH root extract); protects the liver (aqueous extract of carrot); antiimplantation and diuretic (seed alcohol extract) and carminative, stimulant and antifertility (seed); carminative, aromatic and stimulant (fruit and seed); antifungal (essential oil). The wild carrot is an aromatic herb that acts as a diuretic, soothes the digestive tract and stimulates the uterus. | | Delphinium semibarbatum | Anodyne, detergent and diuretic (plant) | | Delphinium zalil | Diuretic, detergent, anodyne and poultice. | | Derris scandens | Used as a diuretic, laxative, expectorant and emmenagogue (stems). | | Descurainia pinnata | Diuretic, expectorant, poultice | | Descurainia sophia | Atiscorbutic and astringent (flowers, leaves); Cardiotonic, demulcent, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge, laxative, restorative and tonic (seed) | | Desmodium elegans | Carminative, diuretic and tonic (roots) | | Desmodium gangeticum | Analgesic and antiinflammatory (root), Astringent, diuretic, febrifuge, expectorant, laxative, nervine, tonic. | | Desmodium styracifolium | Diuretic and febrifuge (whole plant) | | Desmodium triflorum | Roots are considered carminative, tonic and diuretic and used in bilious complaints. Leaves are galactagogue, diuretic, potentiates barbiturates and in mice, influences the central nervous system (50% EtOH plant extract). | | Desmostachya bipinnata | Diuretic, emollient, astringent and galactagogue (root); diuretic, stimulant, acrid and aphrodisiac (culm) | | Dianthus chinensis | Anthelmintic, antibacterial, antiphlogistic, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge and haemostatic (whole plant) | | Dianthus superbus | Abortifacient, contraceptive, diuretic, emmenagogue, ophthalmic, tonic and vulnerary (plant); astringent, diuretic, haemostatic, resolvent and vulnerary (flowers). | | Dicentra canadensis | Alterative, diuretic and tonic (dried tubers) | | Dicentra cucullaria | Alterative, tonic; diaphoretic and diuretic (tea from root) | | Dichrocephala bicolor | Used as a sudorific and diuretic (flower buds); antiviral (crushed leaves) | | Dichrostachys cinerea | Astringent (root); antihelminthic, purgative, laxative and diuretic (bark). | | Dictamnus albus | Abortifacient, anthelmintic, antispasmodic, aromatic, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, galactogogue, stimulant and tonic (flowering stem, root bark) | | Diervilla lonicera | Diuretic (leaves); diuretic, galactogogue, laxative and ophthalmic (root); laxative and ophthalmic (bark) | | |