Phyla nodiflora, Jalapippali

Wild Sage
Jalapippali (Ayurveda)
Poduthalai (Siddha)
Bukkum Booti (Unani)

J. Barrellier, Plantae per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatae, (1714)

J. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 6 (1826)

Botanical name:
Phyla nodiflora (syn. Verbena nodiflora, Lippia nodiflora)

Parts used:
Whole herb

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Heat: (Ayurveda, TCM)
-Blood diseases
-Fever, Intermittent or Malarial Fevers
-Burning Sensation, Thirst
-Vertigo, Dizziness; Syncope, Fainting

2. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (Ayurveda, TCM)
-Diarrhea from Bile, Dysentery
-Strangury, Burning Urine, Gonorrhea
-Boils, Abscesses, Erysipelas, Herpes

3. Clears Heat, Stops Wheezing
-Bronchitis, Asthma, Dyspnea, Breathlessness

4. Kills Worms:
-Worm infestation

5. Externally
-paste to promote suppuration of Boils
-Erysipelas, Indolent Ulcers (fresh plant poultice)
-Swollen Glands (fresh plant poultice)

DOSE:
Of the Powder: 2–3 grams
Decoction (20–40 grams of coarse powder in 200mls water): 30–50 mls.
Of the Juice: half–2 mls.

COMMENT:
An infusion is given to women after childbirth in India.

Main Combinations:
1. Gonorrhea with burning Urine, Phyla nodiflora with Cumin, Anethum sowa (Ayurveda)

Major Formulas:

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used: