| Synonym : | Enydra fluctuansLour.
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| Bangla Name : | Helencha, Hinchashak, Harhach. |
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| English Name : | Water Cress, Marsh Herb. |
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| Family : | Asteraceae |
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| Disease : | Ascites, dropsy and anasarca, fever, inflammation, leucoderma, bronchitis, biliousness and scene disease. |
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| Description : | A trailing marsh herb, also floating on water, stem 30-60 cm long, rooting at the nodes. Leaves sessile, 2.5-7.5 cm long, linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, entire or subcrenate. Heads axillary and terminal, sessil, flowers white. |
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| Distribution : | Throughout Bangladesh in ponds, swamps and streams. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Plant is rich in protein and is a good source of ?-carotene. It also contains saponins, myricyl alcohol, kaurol, cholesterol, sitosterol, glucoside, sesquiterpene lactones including germacranolide, enhydrin, fluctuanin and fluctuandin, a number of diterp |
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| Uses : | Plant is used in ascites, dropsy and anasarca. It is cooked with fish curry and taken to revive appetite after long weakness due to fever or typhoid. Leaves are laxative and antibilious, cure inflammation, leucoderma, bronchitis and biliousness, useful in |
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| Habit : | Herb |
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