Phyllanthus amarus | SMPB Kerala

Family: Phyllanthaceae
Vernacular names: Keezharnelli, Kizhukanelli, കീഴാര്‍നെല്ലി കിഴുകാനെല്ലി (Malayalam), Phyllanthus (English), Bhumyaamalaki (Sanskrit), Jaramla (Hindi), Kila nelli, Kizhaa nelli (Tamil)
Distribution: Tropics
Description: Erect herbs. Leaves oblong, apex obtuse to acute. Flowers greenish-white, male towards tip of branchlets, solitary, axillary. Capsule globose; seeds 6, trigonous, vertically muriculate.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Degraded moist deciduous, forest plantations and also in plains
Flowering & Fruiting: July-October

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Cooling, diuretic, febrifuge and antiseptic. The whole plant is used to treat jaundice, chronic dysentery, dyspepsia, cough, indigestion, diabetes, urino-genital system, scabies, wounds, skin diseases, ulcer, sores and swelling.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
Traditional Uses:The whole plant ground well into paste form, a goose berry size paste mixed with goat milk and taken internally for 7 days twice daily to cure jaundice.
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