Budha: Apamarg (Prickly chaff flower)

Apamarg is a common weed found in the waste lands. It is having many medicinal values. Its leaf juice is used as ear drop to cure infection. Root juice mixed with rose water is applied to eyes to cure redness. Chewing of fresh leaves can cure mouth ulcer. Inhaling ripe seed powder can reduce migraine. It is effective in cold, cough and fever. Fresh leaf juice can cure dysentery. This plant has spermicidal, activities, anti-allergic properties, cardiovascular protective nature, nephroprotective properties, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, hypoglyceamic, and analgesic and hepatoprotective potency. It has antiperiodic, antimicrobial, purgative, antipyretic and are used in various types of gastric disorders (Srivastava et al., 2014).