Common Name
English :
Hindi :
Manipuri :Nongmangkha ashinba
Scientific Name
Group :Angiosperm (Dicotyledon)
Family :Acanthaceae
Genus :Phlogacanthus
Species :jenkinsii C. B. clarke
Habit :Bushy shurb
Parts Used :Leaf, Shoot
Mode of Preparation :Leaves crushed for decoction. Leaves crushed and squeezed for extract.
Mode of use :Decoction, Fresh
Ingredients :Plant contains rupeol and betulin.
Ailment Treated:Leaf decoction is given in cough and fever, also given in diseases of spleen and liver.
Source:Wild and occasionally cultivated in home gardens.