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Phyla nodiflora, Jalapippali

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

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

Picture
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:

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