GURMAR

 

 

The plant is acrid, antiinflammatory, anodyne, liver tonic, emetic, diuretic. It is useful in hepatosplenomegaly, dypepsia, constipation, jaundice, halminthiasis, cardiopathy, amenorrhoea. The fresh leaves when chewed have the remarkable property of paralysing the sense of taste for sweet and bitter substance for some time.

OTHER NAME : GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE, ASCLEPIADACEAE, PERIPLOCA OF THE WOODS.