Green Chiretta Powder - Andrographis Paniculata 10 lbs - Medicinal Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Green chiretta  The roots and leaves are considered to be alterative, anthelmintic, bitter, febrifuge, stomachic and tonic. Powdered leaves have the capacity to significantly shorten the duration of common colds. Green chiretta leaves can be as effective as paracetamol in relieving the fever and sore throat of people with pharyngotonsillitis. The leaves have also been shown to have significant anti-inflammatory effect and also significantly inhibit edema.

    Green chiretta leaves has also been shown to lower cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure and protect the liver. Oral administration of 20 mg of the dry leaf powder for 60 days has an antifertility effect in males. The alcoholic extract of the rhizomes exhibits good in vitro anthelmintic activity against Ascaris lumbricoides. Neoandrographolide, isolated from the leaves, exhibits significant antimalarial activity.

    Dehydroandrographolide succinic acid monoester, derived from andrographolide, has been found to inhibit the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in vitro. Green chiretta used to be considered an effective remedy against snake bites and it is still used locally for this. It has also been reported as useful to treat insect bites and, in combination with Orthosiphon aristatus, as a remedy for diabetes. A decoction of the leaves or roots is used against stomach-ache, dysentery, typhus, cholera, influenza and bronchitis, as a vermifuge, and is considered a diuretic.

    Green chiretta  infusions are also recommended to treat female disorders, dyspepsia, hypertension, rheumatism, gonorrhea, amenorrhea, torpid liver and jaundice. Another use is as a poultice on swollen legs or feet, vitiligo and piles. Furthermore, Andrographis paniculata is considered to be anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive, but reports on antibacterial activity are contradictory,