भूम्यामलकि
भूमिवल्ली
भूमीसहः
भूर्जः
भूर्जपत्रः
भूरिफॆना
भल्लातकम्
भल्ली
भाण्टिका
भार्गवी
भार्गी
भिक्षुः
भिन्ध्यः
भिन्नयॊजिनी
भिषङ्माता
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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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