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Elephantopus scaber L. Family – Asteraceae Common name – Elephant Foot, Mayurachandrika (Odia).

Elephantopus scaber L.
Family – Asteraceae
Common name – Elephant Foot, Mayurachandrika (Odia).
Medicinal uses –
🍀Roots and leaves are used as emollient for dysuria, diarrhoea, dysentery, swellings and stomach pain.
🍀Root is prescribed to prevent vomiting. 
🍀Powdered with pepper it is applied for tooth-ache.
🍀Leaves are used in applications for eczema and ulcers.
Sugimani Marndi
(Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, India.)

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