Rhaponticum uniflorum (L.) DC. |
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Botanical Name |
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Rhaponticum uniflorum (L.) DC. |
Synonym(s) |
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Cnicus uniflorus L., Stemmacantha uniflora (L.) Dittrich, Centaurea monantha Georgi |
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Asteraceae |
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General Info
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A perennial plant growing to 1m. Leaves alternate, opposite, or less commonly whorled, and range from simple to pinnately or palmately compound. Flowers hermaphrodite; pinkish purple in colour. |
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Galactofuge (root) |
Pharmacology
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The root decoction is used for treating mastitis with swelling and pain, various kinds of carbuncles, scrofula, ulcers and for arthritis with ankylosis. |
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 Jing-Nuan Wu. An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica. P: 550, Oxford University Press, Inc.2005.
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