Lajwanti

Grows as a weed in damp waste places and cultivated in the gardens. A diffuse spreading prickly undershrub with long brittle bristles and small thorns on its stem and branches. The sensitive leaves are bipinnate; pinnae 1-2 pairs. The flowers are mauve to pink and globose. Fruit s1ightly recurved, straw coloured pod. Flowering and fruiting throughout the year.

Part used: Whole plant

Usage: Extract of whole plant heals cuts and wounds. Infusion of leaves and decoction of roots is useful in piles and fistula. Leaf paste is used in glandular swellings. Leaf juice is applied over sores, fistula and haemorrhoids. Decoction of roots is also used in treating urinary infections.