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Astringent |
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An astringent is a substance that tends to shrink or constrict body tissues, usually locally after topical medicinal application.
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Plants having 'Astringent' activity
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Bruguiera gymnorhiza |
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Bruguiera sexangula |
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Brunfelsia americana |
Astringent and tonic (fruit). |
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Bryophyllum pinnatum |
Used as an astringent and antiseptic (leaves) |
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Butea monosperma |
Antifertility (flower and seed); anthelmintic and laxative (seed); astringent (gum); stops secretions and hemostatic, bitter, pungent, emmenagogue, alliterative,tonic, diuretic, aphrodisiac. |
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Caesalpinia coriaria |
Antiperiodic (pods and bark); antipyretic (roots); astringent (pod) |
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Caesalpinia decapetala |
Purgative (roots); astringent, anthelmintic, analgesic, antipyretic, and antimalarial (seeds); emmenagogue and laxative (leaves) |
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Caesalpinia digyna |
Astringent, an intoxicating effect and anti-pyretic (root); antifatigue (in rats) |
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima |
Used as a purgative and abortifacient (infusion of leaves); emmenagogue and abortifacient (roots); astringent (fruit) |
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Caesalpinia sappan |
Semen coagulant and anticancer (stem); antiinflammatory (heartwood); astringent and emmenagogue (infusion of wood) |
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Calendula arvensis |
Antiseptic (flower extract) and antimicrobial (plant extract); diaphoretic (leaves); antispasmodic, emmenagogue and stimulant (flowers); antiphlogistic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, aperient, astringent, cholagogue, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, skin, stimulant and vulnerary (flowers and leaves) |
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Calluna vulgaris |
Antiseptic, astringent, cholagogue, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, mildly sedative and vasoconstrictor (flowering shoot) |
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Calophyllum inophyllum |
Astringent, anti-inflammatory, purgative, antihaemorrhagic, hypothermic, alleviates spasms and stimulates the central nervous and cardiovascular systems (aerial part). |
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Camellia sinensis |
Cardiotonic, diuretic, expectorant, stimulant and astringent (leaves). |
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Capparis decidua |
Astringent (root bark); laxative and stimulant (plant); antibacterial (seed). |
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Capparis spinosa |
Analgesic, bitter, antirheumatic and diuretic (root bark); antibacterial, fungicidal and anticystic (plant juice and volatile portion of plant); anthelmintic (root); mild laxative and expectorant; acrid and astringent (dried flower bud) |
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Capsella bursa-pastoris |
Lessens permeability of walls of blood vessels (leaf and flower); lowers blood pressure, bitter, pungent, astringent, febrifugal, emmenagogue, hemostatic, diuretic and antiscorbutic (plant). |
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Careya arborea |
Astringent (fruit and bark) |
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Carissa carandas |
Bitter, anthelmintic, stomachic and antiscorbutic (roots); astringent and antiscorbutic (ripe fruits); constipating, anaphrodisiac, appetizer and antipyretic (unripe fruits) |
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Carissa congesta |
Astringent (unripe fruit) and anti- tubercular activity against strains of Mycobacterium phlei and M. 607 (root); laxative (fruit) |
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