by Daw Mya Bwin and U Sein Gwan, Pharmacology Research Division, Department of Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Rangoon, 1973.
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hypertensive action
08.
Bidens pilosa -- Burmese name, nil; English name, nil
Family as given by authors: Compositae
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Burmese name: Nil.
Bidens Pilosa Linn. Sp. Pl. 832. (1753).
Budens biternata Merrill et Scherff.
English common name: Nil.
Description
Erect annual herb; Stems quadrangular, grooved; branches opposite. Leaves
very variable, alternate, sometimes 3-foliate, but usually consisting of 2
subopposite pairs of leaflets and a deeply 3-lobed terminal leaflet which is
larger than the lateral ones, the lowest pair of leaflets sometimes again
pinnately divided; ultimate leaflets subsessile, ovate, acute, serrate,
glabrous; common petioles somewhat dilated and sheathing
at the base. Flower heads yellow. Fruit achenes, linear, quadrangular, slightly
tapering towards the apex. Family Compositae. Flowering in May.
Distribution
Maymyo, Katha, Pakokku and Taunggyi (locality, Mye-byu village). Common along the water courses.
Uses
The watery extract of the plant is used to test the hypotensive action.
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Infusion of the plant taken in Malaya for coughs.
In Brazil leaves are used as styptic and as vulnerary, applied to foul ulcers and swollen glands.
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fn20-01Diaz-Fantinelii. M. (1965). Some pharmacocynamic effects induced by Bidens pilosa Linn. (Compositae). Revta form. (B. Aires.) 107, 199-201. In: Int. Pharm. Abstr. (199) 3, 1048. fn20-01b
fn20-02 Chopra, R. N., S. L. Nayar & I. C. Chopra (1956). Glossary of Indian medicinal piants. p. 37. New Delhi Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. fn20-02b
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