Barcode: CAL0000013393

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Family: URTICACEAE

Scientific Name: Urtica dioica L.

Collector: Smith and Cave

Country: India

Uses: In USSR, leaves are used in medicine known as Alochol which is used for chronic hepatitis, cholengitis cholecystisis and habitual constipation. It is powerfully diuretic. Roots and seeds are prescribed in diarrhoea and intestinal worms. Infusion of leaves and roots used as a hair-stimulant and for cleaning dandruff.