Xanthium strumarium(Common Cocklebu)

Common Name: Common Cocklebur, rough cockleburr • chota dhatura, shankeshrvar ,marulutige .

Plant name: Xanthium strumarium

Chemical constituents: alkaloids ,xanthumin, xanthatin (deacetylxanthinin); a toxic principle, a sulphated glycoside: xanthostrumarin, atractyloside, carboxyatractyloside; phytosterols, xanthanol, isoxanthanol, xanthinosin, 4-oxo-bedfordia acid, hydroquinone and  xanthanolides.

Uses:

Used  as cooling, laxative, fattening, anthelmintic, alexiteric  and  tonic.

As digestive, antipyretic, and improves appetite, voice, complexion, and memory.

It cures leucoderma, biliousness, poisonous bites of insects, epilepsy, salivation and fever.