Biophytum sensitivum

Binomial Name : Biophytum sensitivum
Common Name : Sikerpud
Tamil Name : Tintanali ( திண்டநல்லி )
Family : Oxalidaceae
Place : Madukkarai, Coimbatore, Tn
Date : Dec 2015

Uses

---> Decotion of leaves is given for diabetes , asthma and phthisis
---> It is used for stomachache, diabetes . asthma, urinary calculi, wounds, abscesses
---> The herb is very useful in treating Varicocele. The leaves of this herb (20) need to be boiled in 300ml of water for 40 mins. Strain and cool this potion and drink it two times daily for a month and complete relief would be accorded in a month
---> Its leaf well grinded in butter milk is used in treating dysentry
---> It is a good medicinal herb to clean the uterus after delivery
---> It's ash is mixed with lime juice and given for stomach ache
---> The leaves are ground and given along with butter milk for diarrhoea
---> The seeds ground with water and applied over wound and ulcer
---> The samoolam of this plant or whole plant is ground, mixed with honey and given for cough, chest congestion etc.
---> After delivery, the leaves of this plant along with jaggery is cooked and given to the delivered ladies to expell the lochia and remains from the uterus.