COMMON NAME: Coatbuttons/ tridax daisy
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tridax procumbens
FAMILY: Asteraceae
- Tridax procumbens L. is a medicinal plant and used as a drink to treat bronchial catarrh, diarrhea, dysentery and liver diseases.
- Tridax procumbens has been in use in India for wound healing and as an anticoagulant, antifungal, and insect repellent.
- T. procumbens have been used from ancient times to treat wounds, skin diseases and to stop blood clotting in folk medicine.
- It possesses anticoagulant, antileishmanial, antioxidants, anticancer, immunomodulatory agent, insecticidal, anthelmintic cardiovascular, antiseptic, antimicrobial, and insecticidal properties.
- The plant was found to have a traditional use for the treatment of hemorrhoids.
- Reduce white hair, reduce fungal infection, and prevent hair loss.