Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.). B. Heyneex Roth

Acanthaceae

Common Names:
Samadana (S)
Saamadhaana (T)
Creeping Blepharis (E)
Grahaka (Sa)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Whole plant

Uses in traditional medicine :

Leaf paste mixed with the powdered black gram, crushed onion and egg white is applied over fractured bones
Whole plant in mixtures of other herbs is used in bone fracture healing
Used in leucoderma
Useful in the treatment for mental derangement
Considered as an aphrodisiac, attenuant, diuretic, resolvent, expectorant and deobstruent

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Bioactivity :

Leaf extract: wound healing; extracts of plant: antioxidative, antiproliferative

Clinical:

References :

Pandikumar, P. et al., (2011), Consensus of local knowledge on medicinal plants among traditional healers in Mayiladumparai block of Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 134(2), 354-362.

Rajasekaran, A. et al., (2012), Role of Blepharis maderaspatensis and Ammannia baccifera plant extracts on in vitro oxygen radical scavenging, secretion of gastric fluid and gastroprotection on ulcer induced rats, Pharm Biol, 50(9), 1085-95.

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