Barleria prionitis Linn.

Family - Acanthaceae

Common name - Kanta malati, Daskerenta.

Medicinal uses - 

The juice of Barleria prionitis is used for the cure of whooping cough in Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh.

The leaves are used for toothache, rheumatism & root powder to cure fever.

The juice of leaves is used in fungal infections, ulcers & fever.

In Bangladesh, it is used for anti-inflammatory activity & also for the treatment of cancer & tumor.

  In Orissa, it is used in cuts, wounds & malaria.

In Karnataka, it is used for fresh leaf paste that has been used for scabies.

It is also used in urinary infection, jaundice, hepatic obstruction & dropsy.

The decoction of aerial parts is used in anti- respiratory synctyial virus, anti-arthritic, anti-inflammatory & antifertility activities.

   

    Sugimani Marndi