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Historically used for arthritis and muscle pain, used more recently for conditions related to menopause and menstruation. [6] Aesculus hippocastanum: Horse chestnut: Its seeds, leaves, bark, and flowers have been used medicinally for many centuries for treating joint pain, bladder and gastrointestinal problems, fever, leg cramps, and other ...
The flowers grow from a clublike, somewhat square, whirled cluster; immediately below this club is a pair of stalkless leaves standing out on either side like a collar. The flowers are two-lipped and tubular. The top lip is a purple hood, and the bottom lip is often white; it has three lobes, with the middle lobe being larger and fringed upwardly.
The flowers, leaves, roots, and the stem are used to treat various ailments in the Indian traditional system of medicine, the Ayurveda, and in various folk medicines, in traditional Indian medicine the fusion of juice leaves and the fruit of Ixora coccinea is used to care for dysentery, ulcers and gonorrhea.
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[2] [3] [5] As a diuretic, sambong is an herb used to treat urolithiasis (urinary tract or kidney stones) and urinary tract infections, [2] and thus reduces high blood pressure. [5] Sambong works as an expectorant , an anti-diarrheal and an anti-spasmotic, all of which treat some symptoms of the common cold.
Rauvolfia serpentina, the Indian snakeroot, devil pepper, serpentine wood, Sarpagandha (as known locally) or Chandrika, [4] is a species of flower in the milkweed family Apocynaceae. [5] It is native to the Indian subcontinent and East Asia (from India to Indonesia ).
Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, [citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) [3] [2] is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae.
The Ohlone used it to remove pain by applying it to wounds and teeth, to treat colds, coughs, and rheumatism by making it into a tea bath, and as a poultice for asthma. [15] Artemisia douglasiana, used to treat colds, fevers, and headaches. [16] Artemisia ludoviciana, used by several tribes for a variety of medicinal purposes. [17]