Tribulus terrestris is a flowering plant native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the old world in southern Europe, southern Asia, throughout Africa, and Australia. It can thrive even in desert climates and poor soil. They have , cooling, diuretic, aphrodisiac properties. They have multifarious uses as emollient, appetizer, digestive, anthelmintic, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, laxative, cardiotonic, styptic and tonic. They are variously useful in strangury, dysuria, renal and vesical calculi, anorexia, dyspepsia, helminthiasis, cough, asthma, cardiopathy, spermatorrhoea, anemia, scabies, ophthalmia and general weakness. Leaves are astringent. They have curative properties ranging from, diuretic, aphrodisiac, depurative, anthelmintic and tonic. They are useful in gonorrhoea, inflammation, menorrhagia, strangury, leprosy, skin diseases and general weakness. Seeds are astringent, and are useful in haemorrhages and ulcerative stomatitis. Fruit is diuretic and tonic prepared from it is used for the treatment of calculous affections and painful micturition. Poulticeand paste prepared from leaves is used in treatmen t of stones in the bladder.
Product Details - Botanical Name: Tribulus terrestris
- Family Name: Zygophllaceae
- Common Name: Land Caltrops, Puncture Vine, Gokhru
- Part Used: Whole Plant, Seeds
- Habitat: Throughout India, up to 5400 m, as a
weed along roadsides a nd waste places - Product offered: Whole Plant, Seeds, Extract
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