is a small plant of creeping and ramping reaching at most 15 cm in height,It grows in short grassland on farms and wasteland, It was formerly in much repute as a remedy for epilepsy, asthma and numerous other complaints, and the flowers were considered cordial and good in diseases of the heart, from which may have arisen its popular name of Heartsease as much as from belief in it as a love potion. A strong decoction of syrup of the herb and flowers was recommended by the older herbalists for skin diseases and a homoeopathic medicinal tincture is still made from it with spirits of wine, using the entire plant, and given in small diluted doses for the cure of cutaneous eruptions.This Particular Species is Conserved and Propagated in ECO HERBS SUGANDHAVANAM NURSERY.
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