| Author : (Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees |
| Family : Acanthaceae |
| Habit: Herb |
| Sanskrit: Bhuminimbah, Kiratatiktah |
| English:Green chiretta, Kalmegh, The Creat |
Whole plant
burning sensation, cholera, diabetes, consumption, cholera, piles, wounds, ulcers, chronic fever, malarial and intermittent fevers, inflammation, cough, bronchitis, skin diseases, leprosy, pruritus, intestinal worms, diarrhoea, dysentery, influenza, itches, snake bite, gonorrhoea, general debility, torpid liver, impure blood, gastrointestinal disorders, jaundice, elephantiasis
Andrographolide, oroxylin A, wogonin, andrographanin, andropanoside, 14-deoxy-12-methoxyandrographolide, 14-deoxyandrographolide, neoandrographolide, andrographolide, 2',5-dihydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone, 5-hydroxy-2',7,8-trimethoxyflavone, andrographosterol, 14-deoxy-11-oxoandrographolide, andrographiside, andropanoside, andrographone, 14-deoxy-andrographiside, 2’,5-dihydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone-2’-O-β(D)-glucoside, andrographin, panicolin, α-sitosterol, apigenin, mono-oxymethyl-wigthin, 5-hydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone, 5-hydroxy-7,8,2’,3’-tetramethoxyflavone, 7-O-methylwogonin, andrographidines A to F, β-sitosterol glucoside, deoxyandrographolide-19 β-D-glucoside, homoandrographolide, caffeic, chlorogenic, mixture of dicaffeol and quinic acids, panicolide, myristic acids, carvacrol, eugenol, hentriacontane, tritriacontane, 3,14-dideoxyandrographolide, 14-deoxyandrographiside