Ayurvedic recommendations Hornwort is astringent and bitter in taste and it is known for its fragrant, constipating, hemostatic and anti-pyretic qualities. It has a cool potency. The herb is generally useful in conditions such as diarrhoea, dysentery, burning sensation, hyperdipsia, hemorrhoids, ulcers, intermittent fevers, and vitiated conditions of Pitta.
Therapeutic uses1. Ayurveda recommends the dried powder of hornwort in cases of diarrhea and dysentery.
2. The herb is used as anti-periodic to counteract recurring illness such as malaria.
3. In traditional medicine, hornwort is useful in the treatment of biliousness and scorpion stings.
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