Beej Utangan - Utangan Beej - Blepharis Edulis Pers

Utangan Seeds is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is found in India, Pakistan and Iran as well as Egypt (including the Sinai Peninsula). It is a small plant, covered in soft, grey hairs. It has many serrated leaves, that have prickles attached to them.

The Uteengan seed, leaves, and roots of this plant are used for various medicinal purposes in India. The leaves are used for treating tridosha fevers, urinary discharges, leucoderma, nasal hemorrhage, asthma, cough and inflammation of throat, and mental derangements. They can also be used for treating ascites, liver, and spleen disorders. The leaves usually have beneficial effects on wounds and ulcers. The Utangan Seeds can cure strangury, and are also beneficial in diseases of the blood, chest, lungs and liver. The roots regulate the menstruation in women.

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Blepharis.

Blepharis (Acanthaceae) is an Afro-asiatic genus comprising 129 species which occurs in arid and semi-arid habitats. Some of the species belonging to Blepharis have been previously investigated from different points of view including the pharmacological and phytochemical studies. Blepharis edulis Pers is traditionally used for gastrointestinal, respiratory and inflammatory disorders.

Utangan Seeds Benefits:

Roots—diuretic. Used for urinary discharges and dysmenorrheal. Seeds—deobstruent, resolvent, diuretic (used in strangury and sexual debility). Powdered plant is applied locally on infections of the genitals and on burns.

Uteengan seed is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. Utangan Seeds is found in India, Pakistan and Iran as well as Egypt (including the Sinai Peninsula). It is a small plant, covered in soft, grey hairs. It has many serrated leaves, that have prickles attached to them.

It is used in folk medicine to treat asthma, cough, fever, inflammation of throat. It is applied locally to heal festering wounds and ulcers. It is appetizer, astringent to bowels. The leaves and seeds are reported to be eaten. The herb forms a good fodder for sheep and camels. It has been identified as Uchchata – aphrodisiac drug in Ayurvedic. The leaves commonly sold in Indian market, are reported to be useful in wounds, ulcers, nasal hemorrhages, asthma, throat inflammation, purgative, disorders of liver and spleen. The root is considered diuretic and beneficial in urinary discharges and dysmenorrheal.