Medicinal uses of the herb Clinacanthus nutans and the scientific studies carried out on the plant.
According to Vietnamese traditional medicine, the whole plant effects: Analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory. People often use the fresh leaves of the plant body smashed up on curing sore eyes, cover wounds, bleeding, sprains, fractures closed. Especially, the leaves are used as a vegetable.
Thank you Mr Nguyen Phan, it is very interesting indeed to know about the usage of the plant in Vietnam. Do you have any reference(s)?
we commonly use the leaves of this snake grass for diabetes, dysentery (diarrhea), and diuretic. Just boil the leaves in the pot of water (infusion), and then drink the water after cooling.
Thank you Ms Sulistiyowati... it is very kind of you to share it with me. Yes it is a very interesting medicinal plant. What are the local names used in Indonesia?
Its local names in Indonesia are dandang gendis, gendis, or ki tajam. This species is very popular no need to worry related to the references, just access it in google
Dear Sulistiyowati, thank you very much. The names we used here are Sabah Snake Grass or Belalai Gajah. Interesting names indeed.
Ha ha, yes the name is representative of the leaf shape itself. It is indeed like "belalai"
Hi Wati, have you come across any work on immumodulatory research done on dandang gendis over there? I have seen some papers on diabetes from Indonesia.
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