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Indian Medicinal
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Botanical Name |
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Pluchea indica Less. |
English
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Indian camphorweed, Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea |
Family |
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Asteraceae |
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General Info
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A low shrub. Leaves 2-5 cm. long, obovate or oblanceolate, sub-serrate, narrowed into a short petiole; flowers lilac, in heads in terminal corymbs. |
| Herb Effects |
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Diaphoretic, antipyretic and astringent (leaf and root); stimulates the central nervous system (aerial part); antidysenteric and nervine tonic (leaf). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Cuauhtemone (leaf) |
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| Cuauhtemone |
52483-04-2 |
(4aR,5S,6R,8aR)-5,6-
dihydroxy-5,8a-dimet
hyl-3-propan-2-ylide
ne-decalin
-2-one |
C15H24O3 |
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Pharmacology
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For fever, as a diaphoretic and astringent (root and leaf); antidysenteric and increases nerve strength (leaf). |
| Reference |
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Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India. |
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