Sida acuta Burm.f Family : Malvaceae Common name - Sunakhodika

Sida acuta Burm.f

Family : Malvaceae

Common name - Sunakhodika

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Medicinal uses -

🌠Tha leaf juice is used for vomiting and gastric disorders and leaf decoction is used to treat abdominal pain, hemorrhoids.

🌠The root extract is used for leucorrhoea, breathing problems, wounds and cough, in New Guinea the fresh root is chewed to cure dysentery, and toothache.

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. 

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Cuttack, Odisha 

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