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THE FOLK MEDICINES USED IN THE PROVINCE OF SINDH, Pakistan.

Xanthium strumarium

Gusato

T-14

 

 

 

 

About Folk Medicine | Team | List of Plants

 

Original Data:

1

Filed Survey No.

  1213F07

2

Date of survey

  14.02.2007

3

Survey conducted by

  Dr.Ahmed Abbas and Survey team.

4

District

Thatta

5

Talka

Thatta

6

Village

Baghan jat

About The Plant:

1

Local name

Gusato or giddar wal

2

Vernacular name

Gusato

3

Botanical name

Xanthium strumarium

4

Plant code

T-14

5

Part used

Whole plant

6

Born place

Thatta and Badin

7

Disorder treatment

Piles (bawaseer)

Ingredient used:

1

Additives

No

2

Water

1 glass of water.

3

leaves

Whole plant  3-4 g

Recipe preparation: Grind the fresh leaves and mix them with water and use in fasting after filtering it.

Method of use: Every morning in fasting for 8-10 days

Other:

1

Treatment duration

5-8 days

2

Storage condition

No

3

Health recovery

5-8 days

4

Age group prescribed

Every age.

5

Can this herb be used for  maintenance : yes or no

No

6

Dosage set

1 glass every day

 

               

 

 

RESULTS FROM BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

Code

Plant

Fraction

Anti Bacterial

Anti Fungal

Anti Maleria

Anti Leshmania

    

T - 14

Xanthium strumarium

Hexane

Sample showed no activity at all

Insignificant 10

Samle showed no activity at all

Sample showed no activity at all

Sample showed no activity at all

Sample showed no activity at all

 

 

Chloroform

Insignificant
against Bacillus subtitlis=9

Sample showed no activity at all

Moderate nti malarial activity1 +/- 0.22

Sample showed no activity at all

Sample showed no activity at all

Sample showed no activity at all

 

 

Water

Insignificant Shigella flexenari =11,B=16

Insignificant Fusarium Solani =Microsporum.
canis=10 ,Fusarium Solani=10

Sample showed no activity at all

Sample showed no activity at all

Sample showed no activity at all -

Sample showed no activity at all

 

 

Butanol

Insignificant Shigella flexenari=9,
against Bacillus subtitlis=9

Insignificant Microsporum
canis=5

Moderate anti malarial activity 5.24

Sample showed no activity at all

Sample showed no activity at all -

Sample showed no activity at all

 

 

Methanol

Sample showed no activity at all

significant Fusarium Solani =Microsporum.
canis=80

Moderate anti malarial activity7.975 +/- 1.42

Samle showed no activity at all

Sample showed no activity at all

Sample showed no activity at all

 

 

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