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Botany
Kaliskis-daga is a slender, prostrate and
branched plant, somewhat hairy herb. Stems are 10 to 30 centimeters long. Leaves are
small and 3-foliate. Leaflets are oblong-elliptic to obovate and 7
to 15 millimeters long. The flowers are purplish, about 6 millimeters long, axillary,
solitary or 2 to 3 together, with slender pedicels about 1 centimeter long.
Pods are 5 to 12 millimeters long, with 2 to 6 joints.
 Distribution
Found in open, grassy
places, in and about towns, throughout the Philippines.
Constituents
- Roots considered carminative,
tonic, diuretic and anti-bilious.
- Leaves considered galactagogue.
Properties
Roots considered carminative,
tonic, diuretic and anti-bilious.
Leaves considered galactagogue.
Parts used
Roots, bark, leaves, seeds
Uses
Edibility
In Burma, leaves reportedly eaten as vegetable.
Folkloric
Leaves used in children
for diarrhea, dysentery, indigestion and also for convulsions.
Leaves used as a galactagogue.
Roots used for asthma and coughs.
Leaf paste or fresh leavesused for skin eruptions, wounds and abscesses.
Malays drink the root decoction for stomachaches.
Paste of the bruised leaves mixed with kamala applied to indolent
sores and itches.
Plant used for fever with catarrh.
In Haiti, tea decoction used for rheumatism.
In India, leaves used for dysentery
and diarrhea.
 Studies
• Analgesic
/ Antiinflammatory: Results
of a study of the methanol extract of Desmodium triflorum on animal
models of acetic acid-induced writhing response and formalin test suggested
that MDT possessed analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects possibly
through increased glutathione reductase activities in the liver and
nitric oxide level via regulation of interleukin-1beta production and
level of tumor necrosis factor in inflammed tissues.
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Stachydrine / Pyrrolidine Alkaloids: / Soviet
studies have shown stachydrine slows the the heart rate in frogs by
20%. Stachydrine is present in DT whose total alkaloid mixture produces
antispasmodic, sympatomimetic, CNS stimulant and curarimimetic activities.
• Antioxidant: Study showed D. triflorum to be a potent antioxidant medicinal plant, probably attributable to its polyphenolic compounds.
• Anti-Ulcer: Study of anti-ulcer activity of D. triflorum leaf extracts on ethanol- and pylorus-ligation induced ulcer models in albino rats showed significant inhibition of gastric lesions, a significant reduction in free acidity and ulcer index. The hydroalcoholic extract was found to possess antiulcerogenic as well as ulcer healing properties which may be due to its antisecretory activity.
Availability
Wild-crafted.
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