Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Fumaria indica
Scientific Name and Description
Fumaria indica (Hauskn.) Pugsley
Plant type
Herb
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Us age: Decoction of the whole plant cures fever, smallpox, eczema and other skin diseases. Plant paste applied
externally to abscesses and wounds. Powdered leaves and flowers are given in vomiting and diarrhoea. Decoction of leaves and twigs is blood purifier. Smoke from whole plant inhaled to treat asthmatic attack.
Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003