Barcode: CAL0000009332

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Family: ASTERACEAE

Scientific Name: Xanthium strumarium L.

Collector: Rolla S. Rao

Country: India

Uses: Herb is diaphoretic, diuretic, emollient, and sedative. Decoction is used in treating chronic malaria, leueorrhoea, and urinary diseases. Buds are tonic, diuretic, and sedative. Seeds are used for resolving inflammatory swellings and their oil for bladder infections, herpes, and erysipelas. Fruits contain anti-inflammatory activity. It is added to pharmaceutical preparations or food products for regulation of hormonal activity and treatment of urino