Hygrophila Spinosa is a medicinal plant known as "Kulekhara" in Bengali and "Talmakhana" in Hindi. This little annual is met with in low places all over the country. They are used as a pot herb.
Health Benefits of Talmakhana
The leaves are described as cooling and useful in jaundice and anasarca. The root is considered cooling, bitter, tonic and diuretic, and is used in rheumatism, urinary affections, semen anomalies and anasarca. The ashes of the plant are also used as a diuretic in dropsy.
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