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Botanical Name |
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Salvia aegyptiaca Linn. |
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Lamiaceae |
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General Info
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A low, much-branched, scabrid and hispid straggling undershrub. Leaves rigid, sub-sessile, linear-lanceolate, crenate; flowers small, in long racemes; nutlets minute, bluish black, smooth. |
| Herb Effects |
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Demulcent, antigonorrheic and antidiarrheal (seed). |
Chemistry
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Aldotriouronic and aldobiouronic acids (found in the gum and mucilage of the seed). |
Pharmacology
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In hemorrhoids, as a demulcent, antigonorrheic and antidiarrheal (seed). |
| Reference |
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Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India. |
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