Taltalikod/sampa-sampalukan
Phyllanthus niruri Linn.
Description
Sampasampalukan is an erect, branching, slender, smooth herb growing 50 to 60 centimeters high. Leaves are small and oblong, alternate and often imbricated, oblong to elliptic-oblong, 5 to 8 millimeters long, rather pale beneath, and on very short stalks. Flowers are axillary and solitary, pale green or white, about 0.5 millimeter long. Capsules are smooth, rounded or somewhat flattened, 1.5 to 2 millimeters in diameter.
Uses
- Tubercular ulcers,
- Wounds
- Sores
- Scabies
- Ringworm
- Kidney stones
- Gallstones
- Jaundice
- Fever
- Renal colic
- Cystitis
- Prostate problems
- Constipation
- Dyspepsia
- Gonorrhea
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Snake bites
- Uric acid
Plant Part Used
Whole plant, root, fruit, leaves
Distribution
A common roadside and garden weed throughout the Philippines, now pantropic
Preparation
- Decoction of entire plant used as tonic for the stomach
- Chewing of fresh leaves used for hiccups
- Decoction used for coughs in infants
- Rubbed down with rice-water and used as a remedy for menorrhagia
- Infusion of root and leaves used as tonic and cold, taken cold in repeated doses
