MPDB: Explore Medicinal Flora

TOTAL NUMBER OF MEDICINAL PLANT RECORDS FOR PNEUMONIA IN MPDB : 10

AQUATIC : 0 BAMBOO : 0 CLIMBERS : 1 GRASSES : 0 HERBS : 5 ORCHIDS : 0 SHRUBS : 2 TREES : 2

Sr. No.	Medicinal Plant's Name	Plant's Family	Plant category	Medicinal Uses
1	Ampelocissus latifolia (Roxb.) Planch.	Vitaceae	Climbers	Plant is used in muscular pain, sores, pneumonia and bone fracture. Decoction of the stem bark is given in stomach pain. Root paste is applied to wounds to heal; decoction is given in cases of chronic dysentery.
2	Corchorus aestuans L.	Malvaceae / Tiliaceae	Herbs	Extracts of the roots or leaves were taken for the treatment of gonorrhea, the leaves were used for headache, and the seeds, in the form of powder or in decoction, as a tonic, carminative and febrifuge and seeds used as stomachic, as anti-inflammatory and for the treatment of pneumonia
3	Ageratum conyzoides L.	Asteraceae / Compositae	Herbs	pneumonia, Burns, Fever, Rheumatism, Headache, Colic, Colds, Diarrhea, Rheumatism, Spasms. Whole plant: applied externally in ague. Roots: juice. Leaves: applied to wounds. Anti-cancer (Ogunwande et al., 2010); tumorogenic;
4	Blumea membranacea DC.	Asteraceae / Compositae	Herbs	The plant juice is used to relieve body pain. Leaf juice given in pneumonia. (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002)
5	Sonchus oleraceus L.	Asteraceae / Compositae	Herbs	It is used medicinally to treat Diarrhea, menstrual problems, fever, inflammation and warts. As abortifacient as a cathartic, a sedative, cancer treatment, a vermisides aid for toothache. Plant is useful in liver diseases. Leaves and roots are used in indegestion as febrifuge; stem is used as sedative, tonic; root extract is used in ointments for ulcers and wounds. Gum produced by evaporating latex is used for ascites and hydrothorax. enteritis, Diarrhea, pneumonia, hepatitis, appendicitis, chronic bronchopneumonia, icterus, throat swelling, haematemesis and uraemia
6	Acalypha indica L.	Euphorbiaceae	Herbs	Leaves: emetic, ophthalmic, purgative and vermifuge, asthma, pneumonia, malarial fever, dysentery, diabetes
7	Solanum incanum L.	Solanaceae	Shrubs	The plant is especially valued for its analgesic properties. All parts of the plant are used - usually the leaves, roots or fruits are used in decoction, or the roots are chewed or the sap swallowed. Conditions treated include a sore throat, angina, stomach-ache, colic, headache, painful menstruation, liver pain and pain caused by onchocerciasis, pleurisy, pneumonia and rheumatism. When used externally, the leaf paste, root infusions or the pounded fruits are rubbed into scarifications, the leaf sap is used for washing painful areas, and ash of burnt plants is mixed with fat and applied as an ointment. Conditions treated include skin infections, whitlow, ringworm, burns, sores, rashes, wounds, warts, carbuncles, ulcers and benign tumours.
8	Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baill.	Phyllanthaceae	Shrubs	sedative in children and in mental illnesses. Analgesic, anti-diabetics, Anti-daote. The roots and fruits are believed to be an effective snake bite remedy. Roots are used as contraceptives and for the treatment of syphilis, gonorrhea, rheumatism, sterility, rashes, and an infusion of the root is taken to relieve malaria. The bark is believed to provide a treatment for Diarrhea and pneumonia.
9	Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr.	Flacourtiaceae	Tree	An important herb in Ayurveda, where infusions of the bark, leaves and root are used medicinally to treat conditions such as fever, Diarrhea and inflammations. The leaf is carminative, astringent and used as a tonic, an expectorant and for asthma, pain relief, gynaecological complaints and as an anthelmintic, and treatment for hydrocele, pneumonia and intestinal worms. The leaves are used as an anti-dote to snake bites. The root and ash have been used as a remedy for kidney complaints. The roots are sweet, refrigerant, depurative, alexipharmic and diuretic. They are useful in vitiated conditions of pitta and vata aphthae, poisonous bites, skin diseases, pruritus, erysipelas, strangury, nephropathy and psychopathy. The leaves are useful in pruritus and scabies. The fruits are sweet, appetizer, digestiveand diuretic, and are useful in strangury jaundice, gastropathy and splenomegaly.
10	Dillenia pentagyna Roxb.	DILLENIACEAE	Tree	A paste of the leaves is applied as a poultice to treat scorpion bites. According to Ayurveda, the plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha. It is used to treat anal fistula, wounds, diabetes, diabetic carbuncle, neuritis, pleurisy, pneumonia, and burning sensation.