Elephantopus scaber L. Family - Asteraceae Common name - Elephant Foot, Mayurachandrika (Odia).

Elephantopus scaber L.

Family - Asteraceae

Common name - Elephant Foot, Mayurachandrika (Odia).

Medicinal uses -

🍀Roots and leaves are used as emollient for dysuria, diarrhoea, dysentery, swellings and stomach pain.

🍀Root is prescribed to prevent vomiting. 

🍀Powdered with pepper it is applied for tooth-ache.

🍀Leaves are used in applications for eczema and ulcers.

Sugimani Marndi

(Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, India.)