TOUCH ME NOT | |
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Common name | Touch me not plant |
Botanical Name | Mimosa pudica |
Vernacular name | English-Touch me not plant Hindi-Chhuimui , Lajauni Gujarati-Risamani Sanskrit-Samanga |
Family | Fabaceae |
Class | Dicotyledonae |
Parts of plant used | Whole plant |
Chemical Constituents | Alkaloids |
Therapeutic uses | Used to relive itchiness and itching related diseases, used to treat leucoderma, angiopathy, metropathy, ulcers, dysentery, swellings, jaundice, bronchial asthma, small pox and fever on patients with dysfunction uterine bleeding gave promising result. |