Sida cordata (Burm.f.) Borss.Waalk.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Whole plant, leaf, root and seed
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Crushed leaves are applied on the cuts and wounds of the skin
- Decoction of the roots is given for urinary disorders
- Leaves are applied on boils, cooked and eaten for haemorrhoids
- Infusion of roots is taken for nervous and urinary diseases and for blood and bile disorders
- Prescribed for asthma and as a cardiac tonic
- Seeds possess aphrodisiacal properties and are given for colic, tenesmus, gonorrhea and cystitis
- Juice of entire plant is used for rheumatism, spermatorrhoea and gonorrhoea
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Ephedrine from whole plant
Bioactivity :
Leaf extract: hepatoprotective, methanol extract of whole plant: antibacterial
Clinical:
References : Khatoon, S. et al., (2005), HPTLC Method for Chemical Standardization of Sida Species and Estimation of the Alkaloid Ephedrine, Journal of Planar Chromatography, 18, 364-367. Mistry, S. et al., (2013), Protective effect of Sida cordata leaf extract against CCl4 induced acute liver toxicity in rats, Asian Pac J Trop Med, 6(4), 280-4. Panthi, M. P. and Chaudhary, R. P., (2006), Antibacterial activity of some selected folklore medicinal plants from west Nepal, Scientific World, 4(4), 16-21.
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