page_title: Achyranthes aspera
section_title: Traditional medicine
hierarchical_section_title: Achyranthes aspera / Uses / Traditional medicine
caption_attribution_description: English: Achyranthes aspera, hindi name Chirchita (चिरचिटा) is a Ayurvedik Medicine plant.
context_page_description: Achyranthes aspera is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropical world. It can be found in many places growing as an introduced species and a common weed. It is an invasive species in some areas, including many Pacific Islands environments.
context_section_description: A. aspera has been used in folk medicine in countries including Australia, India, and Kenya.
  The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that this plant was found "in all the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the old world. The herb is administered in India in cases of dropsy. The seeds are given in hydrophobia, and in cases of snake-bites, as well as in ophthalmia and cutaneous diseases. The flowering spikes, rubbed with a little sugar, are made into pills, and given internally to people bitten by mad dogs. The leaves, taken fresh and reduced to a pulp, are considered a good remedy when applied externally to the bites of scorpions. The ashes of the plant yield a considerable quantity of potash, which is used in washing clothes. The flowering spike has the reputation in India (Oude) of being a safeguard against scorpions, which it is believed to paralyse. (Drury.)"
  In Uttar Pradesh, the plant is used as a herbal medicine, especially in obstetrics and gynecology, with the intention of treating abortion, induction of labor, and postpartum bleeding.
  The Maasai people of Kenya use the plant medicinally to ease the symptoms of malaria.
caption: The plant is used in Ayurvedic Medicine
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