
| Other scientific names | Common names |
| Agas-moro (Ilk.) | |
| Bulabod (Sub.) | |
| Kolong-kugon (S.L. Bis.) | |
| Magmansi (Pang.) | |
| Sagit (Bon.) | |
| Tagulinai, tagulinay (Tag.) | |
| Tagulinau (Tag.) |
| ·Botany · Erect, slender, sparingly branched, somewhat pubescent annual herb 20 to 80 cm high. · Leaves: Petioled, oblanceolate to obovate, acute or obtuse, shallowly toothed 2 to 6 cm long. · Flowers: Bright-purple, all perfect, the corolla all equal, tubular, slender 5-lobed, about 20 in each head, twice as long as the involucral bracts. Heads small, peduncled in open, lax corymbs, about 7 mm long, 2.5 mm in diameter. · Fruits: Achenes striate, ribbed or angled; pappus hairs numerous. Properties Cooling, febrifuge, sedating, decongestant, anti-infectious. Distribution Open waste places throughout the settled areas at low and medium altitudes; common weed, flowering all the year. Parts used Whole plant. Collect from May to August. Rinse and sun-dry. Uses: Folkloric · Cold, fever, cough. · Acute jaunditic hepatitis. · Neurasthenia, insomnia, night urination among infants, infected sores, mastitis, snake bites, sprains, furuncle. · Dosage: 15 to 30 gms dried material (among infants, 9 to 15 gms), 30 to 60 gms fresh material in decoction. · · · · Poultice of fresh material used for eczema, carbuncle and snake bites. Availability Wild-crafted. |
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