potaki :

Use in other system of medicine:

Basella alba is a plant used in traditional medicine in the West Cameroon region to treat sexual asthenia and infertility in man. Basella alba possesses a good anti-inflammatory activity and shows a dose depending activity.

In Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, the root of Poya (Basella.) is used as an anti-fertility agent after menstrual periods[

In India have been used Basella leaves and stem for anticancer such as melanoma, leukemia and oral cancer

In South-east Asia it has been consumed for centuries for malaria, melanoma, leukemia and oral cancers, catarhh, mouth ulcers, dysentery, stomach pains, anorexia, haemoptisis, strangury, sexual weakness, irregular periods, to increase milk production in breastfeeding mothers, and applied topicly in form of smashed leaves on bruises, wounds, burns, skin inflammations, urticaria, sores, scalds, fungal infections, boils, acne, freckles, pruritic skin lesions, snakebites and on forehead for headaches.

In China it is claimed to reduce fever and neutralize poison. In Nigeria it is used to enhance fertility in women and for hypertension. Juice from fruits is used as eye drops for conjunctivitis. In Kenya leaves are used to treat stomachache and constipation after childbirth. In Cameroon it is taken for malaria. In the Philippines it is used gonorrhea and balanitis.

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