Linn.Family: Geraniaceae.
Habitat: Western Himalayas from Kashmir to Garhwal at 2,0002,700 m.
English: Herb-Robert Geranium.Action: Haemostatic, astringent, antidiarrhoeic, styptic, antidiabetic.
The herb has a disagreeable odour and a bitter, saline and astringent taste. Applied externally as a resolvent to tumours.In Western herbal, the herb is used for diarrhoea, to improve functioning of liver and gallbladder and to prevent the formation of calculi.The herb contains several flavonoids including rutin. A ethanolic extract can inhibit the growth of E. coli, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus.
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