THAMARAI
(http://www.medicinalplants.in)
BOTANICAL NAME:
Nelumbium specosum Willd
PARTS USED:
Dried flowers, Rhizome
DOSAGE:
Dried flower
Decoction 30 – 50 ml twice daily
Dried rhizome
Powder 3-5 g
THERAPEUTIC USES:
Dried flower
Suram (Fever)
Kan erichal (Burning eyes)
Neer vetkai (Excessive thirst)
Dried rhizome
Irumal (Cough)
Parvai mangal (Dim vision)
Thavalai sori (Phrynoderma/toad skin disease)
Vaiyitrukaduppu (Dysentery)
Veppu noi (Heat related illness)
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