BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA

Plant Name: BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA

English Name: Spreading hogweed

Local Name: Purnarnava,

Family: Nyctaginaceae

Uses:
Fresh juice of leaves is used in dropsy and chronic renal failure. Roots boiled with milk are used in a single daily dose for maintaining health. Topical use of roots has good anti-inflammatory effect. It is better in taste and is used as a stomachic, a laxative, a diuretic, an expectorant, and an emetic. The root is purgative, anthelmintic, and febrifuge. The drug is prescribed in the form of powder, paste, oil, decoction or infusion, and electuary.