Move your mouse over image to enlarge. Barcode: CAL0000008834 Family: CHENOPODIACEAE Scientific Name: Beta vulgaris L. Country: India Uses: Juice of the root is sniffed up the nose for headache and toothache ; juice o f the white beet is good for liver. Applied to the temples it stops inflammation o f eyes. Mixed with oil and alum 11 !s good fo r burns. A decoction o f the root is given in doses o f half to one tumblerful at bedtime or early morning an hour before breakfast, in cases o f habitual constipation and haemorrhoids with much benefit. The red beet is valuable in uterin diseases.
