Eruca vesicaria sativa

Eruca vesicaria sativa
Family:Eruca vesicaria sativa; Antibacterial; Antiscorbutic; Aphrodisiac; Diuretic; Rubefacient; Stimulant; Stomachic.
Common name:Rocket
Rocket was at one time used medicinally though it is now used only as a salad herb. The leaves are antiscorbutic diuretic stimulant and stomachic. The seed is rubefacient and stimulant. The powdered seed possesses antibacterial activity but no alkaloids have been isolated. The oil from the seed is said to have aphrodisiac properties.

Herbal Database

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