Barcode: CAL0000009313

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Family: ASTERACEAE

Scientific Name: Vernonia cineria (L.) Less.

Collector: Rev. Aug. Sanlieres

Country: India

Uses: Infusion of the herb with quinine acts against malaria. Juice is given in incontinence of urine. Roots are bitter and is used as an anthelmintic, their decoction is given in diarrhoea and stomach-ache. Its juice is used for cough and colic. Flower is used in fevers, rheumatism and conjunctivitis. Seeds are anthelmintic and alexipharmic and is effective aganist threadworms and roundworms. It is also given for cough, flatulence, intestinal colic, d