Bharangi
Category: Antioxidant, Immunity, Inflammation
Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon. (Verbenaceae) is an important medicinal plant growing in the tropical and warm temperate regions like Africa, Southern Asia; Malaysia and distributed throughout in forests of India and Sri Lanka.
Benefits
- It is used for treating health conditions such as anorexia, inflammation, asthma, cough, anorexia, tubercular gland, hiccough, and skin diseases.
- It is externally applied for ophthalmia and cephalgia.
- Root promotes appetite and is useful in cough, asthma, and scrofulous affections.
- It is used to treat fever and sinusitis.
- In Unani and Ayurvedic medicine in India, Bharangi roots are used to cure respiratory ailments.
- It is used to treat anasarca, coryza, epilepsy, cough, intermittent fevers, dyspnea, and mental disorders.
