INDIAN SPINACH HELPS IN CURING GONORRHEA

BASELLA ALBA LINN.

The Indian spinach is a succulent or fleshy, soft stemmed, branched vine which grows to over a metre long. Like the stems, the heart-shaped leaves are also fleshy. There are two common types seen in the gardens: one is totally green colour and the other is purplish in colour. The fruits are oval in shape and contain seeds.

Medicinal use:

• It has the property that soothes and protects the alimentary tract and relieves inflammation.
• It promotes the flow of urine.
• Helps in curing gonorrhea.
• Helps in curing urticaria, an allergic reaction of the skin producing red, itching weals.
• Helps in softening inflamed parts and lowers the body heat.
• For constipation.

How to use:

• The consumption of the cooked leaves of the plant has the property of soothing and protecting the alimentary tract and relieving it of inflammation. The leaves also promote the flow of urine and helps in curing gonorrhea.
• The juice of the leaves is used externally for urticaria.
• The roots of the plant have the property of softening inflamed parts and lowers the body heat.
• The leaves are used internally for constipation in children and pregnant women.

Parts used:
The roots and leaves.

​Dose:
Normal.