TOP 6 MEDICINAL BENEFITS OF LANTANA PLANT

LANTANA CAMARA LINN

Lantana is a hairy, spiny, aromatic shrub. The leaves are ovate acuminate and toothed. Many flowerheads are seen in peduncles, including the corollas which are about 3cm in diameter. The corollas are white, pink, yellow or red. The fruits are ovoid on a fleshy receptacle. They turn purple-black in colour when they are mature. It grows in thickets, waste lands and is also grown as an ornamental plant in some gardens.

Medicinal Use of Lantana:

• As a remedy for whooping cough, inflamed mucuos membrane with a free discharge and pulmonary problems.
• For chronic inflammation of the skin.
• Sprains
• Coughs, colds, fevers, jaundice, chest diseases and rheumatism.
• Against infection of the respiratory tract, mumps and mouth ulcers.
• As a stimulant.

How to use:

• The decoction of the leaves and stems, used externally, is an excellent wash for eczema or chronic inflammation of the skin.
• The pounded fresh leaves are used for sprains.
• The pounded fresh leaves are used for coughs, colds, fevers, jaundice and chest diseases. It is a good acid in baths for rheumatism.
• The decoction of the root is recommended for use against infection of the respiratory tract, in mumps, in gargles, and is a good mouth wash for ulcers of the mouth.

Parts used:
The whole plant.

Dose:
Normal