Parthenium hysterophorus L.
Family - Asteraceae.
Common name - Carrot grass.
Commonly found in banks of water course, on roadsides, waste areas.
Medicinal uses -
Treatment inflammation, eczema, skin rashes, rheumatic pain, remedy for female ailments.
Folk remedy against skin diseases, ulcerated sores, facial neuralgia, fever & anemia.
Effect against dengue parasite.
Emmenagogue ( Menstrual stimulator in females).
Anticancer activity.
Treat fever, diarrhea, urinary infections, dysentery, malaria.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India