Herb Library
Browse our comprehensive collection of traditional medicinal plants and herbal remedies.
Herbs for: උණ
Walkoththamalli (Scoparia dulcis): Sweet Broomweed and Blood Sugar
(Scoparia dulcis)
Walkoththamalli (Scoparia dulcis) is a weed with a sweet name and a sweet taste — dulcis means sweet
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Kalanduru (Cyperus rotundus): Musta, the World's Worst Weed
(Cyperus rotundus)
Kalanduru (Cyperus rotundus) has a genuine claim to being the most troublesome weed on earth — it is
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Koththamalli (Coriander): Sri Lanka's Classic Fever and Cold Remedy
(Coriandrum sativum)
If there is one remedy every Sri Lankan household reaches for at the first sign of a fever, it is ko
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Monarakudumbiya (Vernonia cinerea): The Weed Studied for Quitting Smoking
(Vernonia cinerea)
Monarakudumbiya (Vernonia cinerea) is a weed so ordinary that it grows through cracks in Sri Lankan
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Bim Kohomba (Munronia pinnata): Sri Lanka's Endangered Bitter Endemic
(Munronia pinnata)
Bim Kohomba (Munronia pinnata) is one of the few plants on this site that Sri Lanka could actually l
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Weniwelgeta (Coscinium fenestratum): The Yellow Vine of Sri Lankan Medicine
(Coscinium fenestratum)
Cut a stem of weniwelgeta (Coscinium fenestratum) and the inside is an astonishing sulphur yellow. T
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Rasakinda (Tinospora cordifolia): Guduchi, Immunity and the Liver Question
(Tinospora cordifolia)
Rasakinda (Tinospora cordifolia) is called amrita in Sanskrit — the nectar of immortality — and few
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