Sphaeranthus indicus L.

Family : Asteraceae

Common name - East Indian Globe Thistle, Bhuinkadamba (Odia).

(Photo credit - Rajkumari Supriya)

Medicinal uses -

🌻The whole herb is used in Ayurvedic preparations to treat epilepsy & diarrhoea.

🌻Leaves dried in the shade and powdered are used in doses of 20 grains twice a day in chronic skin diseases as an antisyphilitic (a drug).

🌻Flowers are tonic, cooling, alterative and used in conjunctivitis and give strength to weak eyes.

🌻The external application of a paste of this herb is beneficial in treating edema, arthritis, filariasis, gout and cervical adenopathy.