Articles tagged “Mazus pumilus”

Mazus pumilus (Nepali-TaapreJhaar/Maltin Jhaar, Popular-Japanese mazus/Asian mazus)Scrophulariaceae. It is a lowlying herb found in wet grasslands and in moist wastelands. The herb has antioxidant, antibacterial, anti inflammatory, hepatoprotective, febrifuge, tonic, emnenagogue, antifungal, cardioprotective and anticancer activities. The main phytoconstituents are alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, saponins, sterols, triterpenoids, tannins and phenolic compounds. The nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins C, B1,B3,B5,B6 and B9.Young leaves are cooked as vegetables. Consumption of this herb protects us from various chronic and neurodegenerative diseases and cancers due to the presence of good amount of phenolic compounds. The juice of the herb is used in the treatment of typhoid. The infusion of the whole plant is consumed as tonic. Ethnomedicinally, whole plant has been used as a remedy for epilepsy. It is a well known traditional medicinal plant. It is also used as a fodder for cattle. 

Mazus pumilus (Nepali-TaapreJhaar/Maltin Jhaar, Popular-Japanese mazus/Asian mazus)Scrophulariaceae. It is a lowlying herb found in wet grasslands and in moist wastelands. The herb has antioxidant, antibacterial, anti inflammatory, hepatoprotective, febrifuge, tonic, emnenagogue, antifungal, cardioprotective and anticancer activities. The main phytoconstituents are alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, saponins, sterols, triterpenoids, tannins and phenolic compounds. The nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins C, B1,B3,B5,B6 and B9.Young leaves are cooked as vegetables. Consumption of this herb protects us from various chronic and neurodegenerative diseases and cancers due to the presence of good amount of phenolic compounds. The juice of the herb is used in the treatment of typhoid. The infusion of the whole plant is consumed as tonic. Ethnomedicinally, whole plant has been used as a remedy for epilepsy. It is a well known traditional medicinal plant. It is also used as a fodder for cattle. 

Some common medicinal plants of Bonai Forest Division.

1. Averrhoa carambola

Family - Oxalidaceae 

Medicinal uses - Ripened fruit is used to treat in bleeding hemorrhoids.

2. Eryngium foetidum

Family - Apiaceae

Medicinal uses - Volatile oil from leaf is used as anti-inflammation.

3. Oxalis corniculta

Family - Oxalidaceae

Medicinal uses - It is used to treat scurvy.

4. Cheilocostus speciosus

Family - Costaceae

Medicinal uses - Decoction of leaves is used in diabetes.

5. Oroxylum indicum

Family - Bignoniaceae

Medicinal uses - Bark is used in jaundice.

6. Mazus pumilus

Family - Mazaceae

Medicinal uses - The juice of the whole plant is used to treat typhoid.

7. Cissampelos pareira

Family - Menispermaceae

Medicinal uses - The root decoction is used in malaria.

Sugimani Marndi

(Biodiversity and conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Cuttack,Odisha)