| Synonym : | Justicia paniculata Burm.f.
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| Bangla Name : | Kalomegh, Kalamegh. |
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| English Name : | The Creat |
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| Family : | Acanthaceae |
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| Disease : | Febrifuge, hypoglycemic, stomachic, tonic, alterative, anthelmintic, cholagogue, dysentery, dyspepsia, diarrhea, colic, cholera, griping, irregular, appetite, malaria, fever, headache and vertigo. |
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| Description : | A very bitter branched, annual, erect herb, 30-90 cm high, branches sharply quadrangular. Leaves up to 6.25 cm long, lanceolate, acute. Flowers small, solitary, distant, in lax axillary and terminal panicles, corolla 1.25 cm, 2-lipped, white, spotted rose-purple. Capsules 18 mm long, linear-oblong, acute. |
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| Distribution : | Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains principally a resinous bitter sunstance, kalmeghin, the diterpens, andrographolide, andrographiside and neoandrographolide. Extract of the plant also contains 14-deoxy-11-oxoandrographolide, 14-deoyandrographolide, 14-didehydro-androgra |
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| Uses : | The plant is febrifuge, hypoglycemic, stomachic, tonic, alterative, anthelmintic and cholagogue, used in general debility, dysentery and certain forms of dyspepsia and in liver complaints, mainly of children. It is a domestic medicine for flatulence and d |
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| Habit : | Herb |
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