White Leadwort

White Leadwort

• Medicinal Uses:

  • It enhances digestion, stimulates appetite, and activates the nervous system in small doses, though higher doses can cause paralysis or death.

  • It is employed to induce abortion.

  • In Ayurveda, roots are used to treat skin diseases, diarrhoea, plague, and leprosy.

  • Additionally, it is used to manage dyspepsia, piles, leprosy, swelling, worms, cough, phlegm, flatulence, and biliousness.