Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Barcode: CAL0000009294

Family: ASTERACEAE

Scientific Name: Senecio vulgaris L.

Collector: Y. Tateishi and H. Ohba

Country: Japan

Uses: It is used in treatment of dysmenorrhoea and amenorrhoea and also act as a diaphoretic, diuretic, and tonic. Infusion is used as a lotion in chronic mastitis, hemorrhoids, and gout. Its extract is given in colic and as a vermifuge. Decoction is purgative and emetic.