Barcode: CAL0000008671

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Family: LAMIACEAE

Scientific Name: Orthosiphon grandiflorus Boldingh.

Collector: A.C. Chatterjee

Country: India

Uses: The leaves are containing of high percentage (0.7-0.8%) of potassium salts and thus it is useful as diuretic. Drug highly cumulative diuretic, most useful in nephrosis and severe cases of oedema (dropsy). In case if kidney and bladder diseases including nephrocirrhosis and phosphaturia the infusion is used; aslo given in gout and rheumatism. The plant contains orthosiphonin and potassium salts which helps in keeping uric acid and urate salts in solu