Barcode: CAL0000009352

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Family: ASTERACEAE

Scientific Name: Saussurea lappa (Decne.) Sch.Bip.

Collector: Inayat

Country: India

Uses: Roots are tonic, stomachic, carminative, and stimulant. It is used as a spasmodic in asthma and cough, and in treating rheumatism and chronic skin diseases. Alcoholic extract of roots, containing both the essential oil and alkaloid, has been found effective in bronchial asthma particularly of vagotonic type.