Barcode: CAL0000009045

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Family: ACANTHACEAE

Scientific Name: Andrographis echinoides (L.) Nees

Collector: U.P. Samadder

Country: India

Uses: Juice is used as febrifuge. Plant is astringent, anodyne, tonic and alexipharmic and used in treatment of dysentery,cholera, diabetes, consumption, influenza, bronchitis, itches and piles. Decoction is used for treating sluggishness of liver and in jaundice. Leave and roots are used as febrifuge, cholagogue and anthelmintic.