The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends stem bark in haemorrhagic diseases.
The fruit contains beta-amyrin, oleanolic acid and amino acids—glycine, cystine, serine, alanine and leucine; p olysaccharides are also present.
Aerial parts gave lignoceric acid, 24 -methylenecycloartanone, stigmast4-en-3-one, beta-sitosterol and its glucoside.
Dosage Stem bark—5—l0 g powder for decoction (API, Vol. II); 1—3 g powder (API, Vol. III).
Stachys palustris Linn.
Family Labiatae; Lam iaceae.
Habitat Kashmir, grows in damp places, at altitudes of 1,500—1,800 m.
English Marsh, Woundwort (purple-flowered), Allheal. (In Western herbal, Allheal is equated with Prunella vulgaris.)
Action Haemostatic, sedative, antiseptic, antispasmodic, vulnerary. Used for haemorrhages, gout, cramp, vertigo; applied as poultice to wounds.
The herb contains iridoids, harpagide and acetyl harpagide; flavonoids based on isoscutellarein and oroxylin
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Stachys sylvatica Linn.
Family Labiatae; Lam iaceae. Habitat Kashmir.
English Hedge Woundwort (reddish-purple-flowered).
Action See S. palustris.
The plant contains the alkaloids betonicine, turicine, stachydrine and trigonelline. Alcoholic and aqueous extracts of the plant cause contraction of isolated uteri of various animals. Betonicine has been shown to be haemostatic.
An allied species, S. officinalis, known as Betony in Europe, is an ageold headache remedy. It contains alkaloids (including stachydrine and betonicine), also saponins and tannins. The plant is mildly sedative and relieves nervous tension.
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Vahl.
Synonym S. indica C. B. Clarke.
Family Verbenaceae.
Habitat Cultivated in gardens.
English Brazilian Tea, Bastard Vervain, Aaron’s Rod.
