Medicinal Plants : Sida alba

Name

Nagabala

Biological Name

Sida Spinosa, Sida alba , Sida alinifolia, Sida cordifolia, Sida Rhombifolia

Other Names

Bonmethi, Gorakchaulia, Gulsakari, Kadumenthys, Kantalo-bal, Khar-yashtika, Kattuvantiyam, Mayir-mamkkam, Pilabarela, Sham- lethe-dashti, Tukati-khareti

Parts Used

Leaves used in gleet and scalding urine.

Root and root bark used in debility and fever.

Remedies For

Leaves are demulcent and refrigerant and are useful in gonorrhoea, gleet and scalding urine.

Decoction of the root-bark and root is used in mild cases of debility and fever.

Leaves are bruised in water, strained through cloth and administered in the form of a draught.

Root is used in decoction.

Description

Nagabala is found throughout the hotter parts of India and Sri Lanka.

Dosage

No information

Safety

No information.