Begunia
Botanical name: | Vitex negundo |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Local name: | Begunia/ Nirgundi |
Common name: | Five-leaved chaste tree, Chinese chastetree |
Parts used: | Leaf |
Plant character: | It is a spreading aromatic shrub with 5-foliolate leaves and blue flowers. This species in wild in field bunds, forest edges and village thickets. Best grown in full sun. Rarely cultivated. |
USES:
Fresh leaf juice mixed in honey is taken on empty stomach in asthma. Fresh leaves are boiled in water till vaporization and the vapors are inhaled through mouth to reduce cough. The leaves are kept with food grains to keep away the insects during storage.
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