Shaggy Buttonweed Powder / நத்தைச் சூரிப் பொடி

Botanical Name: Spermacoce articularis (Whole Plant)
Tamil Name: நத்தைச் சூரிப் பொடி / Naththai Choori Podi
Malayalam Name: മധുരക്കിഴങ്ങ് / Nattachuri
Telugu Name: మధన చెట్టు / Madhana Chettu
Hindi Name: मदनघंटी / Madanaghanti

Description: Spermacoce hispida (Shaggy Button weed) is prominently used for treatment of various diseases and in the form of various preparations. It extensively usedin Siddha system of medicine for various conditions including decreasing the blood sugar levels.

Traditional Uses: ‘Shaggy Button weed’ is used to heal stomach ailments, anti-dandruff, remedy for coughs and malaria. Seeds are used to diarrhoea and dysentery, internal injuries of nerves and kidney. The wholeplant of the plant is an effective drug for the treatment of hypertension and it has hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. The leaves of this plant are used as ophthalmic, inflammation of eye and gums, blindness, carache, fever, spleen complaints, sore, conjunctivitis, hemorrhage, gallstones, dysentery, and diarrhoea, and the decoction of the leaves, roots, and seeds is used in India for edema.

Therapeutic Uses: எலும்பு உளுத்தல் நோய் (Osteoporosis).

Dosage: At morning empty stomach, take 1 teaspoon (5g) powder mix with honey or boiled with water & drink after filter (or) as directed by physician.