Fagonia cretica Linn

Fagonia cretica Linn. A small spiny under shrub with stiff branches often more or less prostrate. Twigs slender, terete, glabrous, glandular. Leaves opposite, 1-3 foliate, about 12 by 2.5 mm; entire, linear or elliptic, mucronate; petiole very variable, 0.3 cm long, sometimes leaf-like; stipules transformed into sharp slender spines up to 1.2 cm long, persistent and continuing growth long after the fall of the leaves. Flowers solitary, rose coloured, on peduncles 5-12 mm long, arising from between the stipules. Sepals 5, deciduous, imbricate, half as long as the petals. Petals 6 mm. Spathulate with a marked claw. Disk short, inconspicuous. Stamens 10, inserted on the disk; filaments filiform, naked; anthers oblong ovary hairy, sessile, 5 angled, 5 celled, tapering into a 5 angled style, stigma simple. Fruit 5 mm long, glandular pubescent, deeply 5-partite almost to the axis; Cocci dehiscing along the ventral suture and separating from a horny endocarp

The pharmacological actions of Fagonia cretica Linn are Alterative, Analgesic, Anti-asthmatic, Anti-bilious, Anti-dysenteric, Anti-emetic, Anti-hepatotoxic, Anti-pyretic, Anti-septic, Anti-tumor, Anti-tussive, Antidote, Astringent, Bitter, Blood Purifier, Deobstruent, Detoxification of Blood, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Stimulant, Stomachic, Styptic, Tonic.

The pharmacological actions of Fagonia cretica Linn's Juice are Anti-ophthalmic, Anti-suppurative.

The pharmacological actions of Fagonia cretica Linn's Leaves are Anti-bilious, Anti-emetic, Anti-pyretic, Anti-tumor, Antidote, Cooling .

The indication of Fagonia cretica Linn's Bark is Scabies.

The indications of Fagonia cretica Linn are Fever, Thirst, Small Pox, Erysipelas, Tumours, Dysentery, Asthma, Vomiting, Typhoid, Urinary Discharges, Abscesses, Scrofulous Glands.

The indications of Fagonia cretica Linn's Juice are Liver Troubles, Amenorrhoea, Chronic Bronchitis, Ophthalmia, Open Wounds, Toothache.

The indications of Fagonia cretica Linn's Leaves are Biliousness, Delirium, Tumours, Thirst, Fever, Vomiting, Dropsy, Boils, Stomatitis, Leucoderma, Hair Greying.

The indication of Fagonia cretica Linn's Twigs is Teeth Cleansing.

The temperament of Fagonia cretica Linn is 1st order, cold and dry.

Odor: The odor of Fagonia cretica Linn is Unpleasant.

Taste: Bitter.

The substitutes of Fagonia cretica Linn are Fumaria indica (Haussk) Pugsley, Swertia chirata Buch. & Ham..

The active constituents of Fagonia cretica Linn are Alanine, Arginine, Flavonoids, Glycine, Glycosides, Harmine, Phenylalanine, Saponins, ß-Sitosterol, Sugar, Tyrosine.

The antidote of Fagonia cretica Linn is Artemisia absinthium Linn..