Fire Bush

BOTANICAL  NAME : HAMELIA PATENS

FAMILY: Rubiaceae

SYNONYMS:

              ENGLISH: Hummingbird bush

HINDI: aagkeejhaadee

TAMIL: Tīputar

                TELUGU: Agni buṣ 

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS:

❖   Apigenin, ephedrine, flavanones, isomaruquine, narirutins, pteropodine, rosmarinic acid, narirutin, seneciophylline, speciophylline,

and tannin.

USES:

❖   Used to treat a variety of skin problems including, sores, rashes, wounds

❖   Burns

❖   Skin fungus, and insect stings and bites

❖   Treating digestive issues and skin conditions

❖   Treat athlete's foo

❖   Skin lesions and insect bites

❖   Nervous shock

❖   Inflammation

❖   Rheumatism, headache

❖    Asthma, and dysentery