[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c5.s17.t2.24 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s17.t2.24 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s17.t2.24 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s17.t2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s17.t2.24) This little annual is met with in low places all over the country. The leaves are described as cooling and useful in jaundice and anasarca. They are used as a pot herb. The root is considered cooling, bitter, tonic and diuretic, and is used in rheumatism, urinary affections, and anasarca. The ashes of the plant are also used as a diuretic in dropsy.¹ - [Previous: c5.s17.t2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s17.t2.23) - [Next: c5.s17.t2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s17.t2.25) - [Up: c5.s17.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s17.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s17.t2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s17.t2.24) · Pramāṇa