Botanical Name: Eclipta prostrata
Other Names: bhangaara, maakaa, bhangaro, kesuriya, galagara.
Eclipta alba is a petite, multibranched annual herbaceous plant characterized by white flower heads, belonging to the composite family. The leaves measure 4-10 cm in length and 0.8-2 cm in width, while the plant can reach up to 90 cm in height. It features slender, stiff hairs, reddish stems, and a tendency to root at the lower nodes.
Medicine Uses:
- Body pain
- Bronchitis and pneumonia
- Blood tonic
- Abscess
- Itching
- Haemorrhoid
- Anaemia
- Tuberculosis
- Amoebiasis
- Asthma
