बहुफला
बहुबीजा
बहुमञ्जरी
बहुमूलकम्
बृहल्लॊणी
बहुलवल्कलः
बहुवीर्य
बहुशल्यः
बहुसुता
बहुस्रवा
बाकुची
बालपत्रः
बालम्
बाह्लीकम्
बाह्लीका
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भूम्यामलकि
Botanical name -
Phyllanthus niruri
Description -
Phyllanthus niruri, is a annual herb, quite glabrous, stem often branched at the base, leaf bearing branchlets slender, spreading. Numerous, subsessile, distichous leaves. Male flowers in axillary, females in solitary. Capsules depressed- globose, smooth scarcely -lobed, seeds trigonous, rounded.
Chemical Constituents-
It contains an alkaloid.
Use -
Plant is used in cough cold, respiratory problems, skin diseases, dyspepsia, in jaundice it is used as a main medicine. Used in dropsical affections as diuretic. It is reported to be useful in jaundice, also in gonorrhoea and other urino-genital troubles. Roots are considered to promote sleep
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