A stout herb, 50 - 150 cm, stem groved; leaves coriaceous, radical, narrowed into a petiole as long, cauline often deeply lobed at the base; heads many outer involucral, bracts broad, with recurved triangular tips, ligules slender, 1.5 cm achenes 0.4 cm, glabrous, slender, pappus 0.6 cm, reddish.

Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antihistaminic, expectorant, anthelmintic, carminative, diuretic and febrifuge.

Herb Information

Inunolide, dihydroinunolide and alantolactone.

As an expectorant, increasing the secretion of gastric juices and as a tonic. Used in anaemia, catarrah, coryza, cough, dysmenorrhea, loss of appetite, ischaemic heart disease and skin diseases. The rhizome is used in the treatment of contagious fevers that have not fully ripened and pain in the upper body, especially between the neck and the shoulders.

No records

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