Ageratum conyzoides Medicinal Uses (Family: Asteraceae)
Binomial Name
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Ageratum conyzoides (L.) L.
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Family
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Asteraceae
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Common Name
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billygoat-weed, whiteweed
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Tamil Name
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அப்பக்கொடி (Appakkoti)
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Hindi Name
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Jangli pudina,Gha buti
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Malayalam
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Kattappa
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Medicinal Value of Ageratum conyzoides
- Used for the cure from skin diseas such as itching, redness.
- Raw leaves are crushed and applied on the boils for cure.
- Leaves are used in open cuts and wound healing,
- Leaf juice is dropped on the thorn pierced part to get rid of thorn.
- Leaf's powdered and applied on the wounds caused due to leprosy, though it won't completely cure leprosy but helps in curing wounds.
- Flower heads are made into juice and applied externally for scabies.
- Ocimum tenuiflorum leaves are mixed with few flowers of ageratum conyzoides and they are boiled well and the decoction is taken orally for cold and cough.
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