Description
Common Name : Ceylon Lead Root, Leadwort, Wild Leadwort, Lautafifi
Part Used : Flowers
Appearance: Yellowish Brown Fine Powder
Habitat : Throughout india but abundantly found in north india upto. 1600 m.
Uses : Plumbago is acrid and stimulates sweating. It also promotes appetite and helps in digestion. It is used for dyspepsia, piles, and skin diseases. Roots have been used as abortifacient in some indigenous practices, internally or as an irritant to the uterus. The powdered root is occasionally taken as a snuff to relieve headache. It also helps in adhesion of tissues in the body and works as antidiarrheal due to heavy properties.
Description:The Plumbago Zeylanica Extract is an abortifacient and vesicant. It is also used in the treatment of rheumatism, dyspepsia, piles and diarrhoea and as a diuretic. It is used as a counterirritant and for skin diseases. Plumbago Zeylanica Extract is apt to cause abortion and in Malaysia, eating the leaves is said to cause similar action. In Africa, a cold infusion of the root is used for influenza and black water fever. The powdered root is occasionally taken as a snuff to relieve headache.
