Plant |
Family | Plantaginaceae |
English |
Branched plantai, Sand plantain, African plantain, Black psyllium, Branched plantain, Dark psyllium, Flea-seed plant, Fleawort, French psyllium, Glandular plantain, Psyllium |
Latin |
Plantago indica L., Plantago arenaria Waldst. et Kit., Plantago psyllium L., Plantago ramosa Aschers., Plantago psyllium, Plantago indica, Plantago psyllia L. (1753 non 1762), Plantago ramosa (Gilib.) Asch., Plantago arenaria L. |
Plantparts | Seed, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Adult-onset diabetes, Alleviating, Anti-diabetic, antidiabetic activity, Anti-diarrheic, antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, aperient, care of the skin, Carminative, Carminativum, catharic, Cathartic, cholesterol, cholesterol in blood vessels, Cholesterol Reducer, Cholesterol reduction, Cleaning of intestine, Clears gas, colitis, constipation, cosmetic, Costive, Costiveness, Demulcent, diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Diabetes mellitus type 2, diaorrhea, Diaphoretic, Diarrhea, diarrhoea, Dyschezia, Dyslipidemia, Dyssynergic defaecation, emollient, Emollients, Fart, Flatulence, flatulency, flatus, Gas, Good for skin, hidrotic, High cholesterol, High levels of cholesterol in the blood, Hypercholesterolemia, Induce sweating, Inflammation of the colon, inflammation of the large intestine, intestinal gas, intestinal infection, intestinal infections, laxative, lower cholesterol levels in the blood, mitigating, Moisturizers, movements of the bowel, palliative, Perfect skin, Pick-me-up, Psychostimulants, purgative, Purifies the bowels, reduce blood cholesterol, reduce blood fat level, Skin-care, skin tonic, sluggish stomach, stimulant, Stimulants, stimulating, sudorific, sugar diabetis, sweat-inducing, Type 2 Diabetes, Used as a stimulant, wind |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Cyprus |
Ingredients |
| | alkaloid, aluminium, ascorbic acid, ash, aucubin, Beta-Sitosterol, Butyric acid, caffeic acid, Calcium, Carbohydrates, Chromium, cobalt, fat, Fibres, glycoside, Insoluble fiber, Invertase, iron, linoleic acid, magnesium, manganese, Mucic acid, mucilage, Niacin, Oleic acid, oxalic acid, Palmitic acid, phosphorus, Polysaccharide, potassium, protein, Selenium, silicon, sodium, Soluble fiber, Stearic acid, sterol, Stigmasterol, tannin, Tin, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, water, zinc, Β-Carotene |
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