Barleria strigosa Willd
Family : Acanthaceae
Common name : Saptaphena
(Photo credit - Rajkumari Supriya)
Medicinal uses -
🌺It is used as antianaemic.
🌺Leaf juice in coconut oil is applied externlly to cure pimples.
🌺Decoction (50 ml) of root (10 mg), 20 gm ‘Sunthi’ (dried rhizome of ginger) 7 black peppers 3-5 small cardamoms & 10 gm ‘Kala jeera’ (Nigella sativa) given twice a day for 7 days for the treatment of Bile and gastric troubles.
🌺Leaves & roots used in cough & inflammation.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha