COMMON NAME: Large caltrops
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pedalium murex Linn
FAMILY: Pedaliaceae
CHARACTER: A diffuse annual, much branched, spreading, succulent, gradular, upto 60 cm tall. Leaves simple, opposite, ovate or oblong-obovate.
ORGIN: India
PROPAGATION: Done through cuttings
- Gokhru provides effective treatment for urinary related diseases such as painful urination, urinary incontinence, burning sensation, etc.
- This herbal plant is also used to cure impotency, gonorrhea, arthritis, dysuria.
- It is helpful in eliminating and treating kidney stones. The dried fruit of nerunji protects the kindey from injury.
- Nerunji is best home remedy for cough and cold.
- This is a good remedy for leukoderma, piles, and spleen enlargement.
- It recommends caltrops to cure inflammation, constipation.
- It help to cure respiratory problems and asthma.