Indian madder

Indian madder,

n Latin name:
Rubia cordifolia; parts used: dried roots and stems; uses: in Ayurveda, pacifies kapha and pitta doshas (astringent, bitter, sweet, heavy, dry, hot), anti-oxidant, antiinflammatory, anticancer, hepatoprotection, tonic, paralysis, jaundice, urinary infections, thoracic inflammations, rheumatism, tuberculosis, allergies; precautions: none known. Also called
chitravalli, dyer's madder, majeeth, manjista, or
manjit.

Indian madder.