Eclipta prostrata

BINOMIAL NAME	Eclipta prostrata
COMMON NAME	False daisy
FAMILY	Asteraceae
TAMIL NAME	கரிசலாங்கண்ணி
HABIT	An annual herb, erect, suberect or prostrate
MORPHOLOGY	They are 50-60cm; stems and branches strigose. Leaves 2.5-10´1-6cm, sessile, elliptic oblong, entire, hirsute on both sides. Heads 5-10mm across, white in axillary peduncles; involucral bracts 3-6mm, biseriate, hirsute. Ray florets ligulate. Disk florets tubular, 4-5 lobed.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES	{margin: 0;} Play a vital role in the treatment of hepatitis, snake venom poisoning, gastritis, and respiratory diseases such as a cough and asthma. Relieves body pain when fresh leaf extract is taken orally. Treats bronchitis and pneumonia. Treats Hemorrhoids when the root extract is administered orally thrice a day. Improves hair growth and controls hair fall.
SOURCE	1) https://indiabiodiversity.org 2) https://en.wikipedia.org 3) http://nopr.niscair.res.in