Bergenia Ciliata

Other Names : Winter begonia, Bergenia ligulata, Megasea ciliata, Saxifraga ciliata, Saxifraga ligulata, Saxifraga thysanodes

Benefits and uses of Bergenia Ciliata are

Ayurveda : Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, piles, diabetes, renal and venereal diseases and vesical calculi. Root decoction is diuretic.

• A juice or powder of the whole plant is used to treat urinary troubles in Nepal.
• The juice of the leaves is used as drops to relieve earaches.
• The root is used as a tonic in the treatment of fevers, diarrhoea and pulmonary affections.
• The root juice is used to treat coughs and colds, haemorrhoids, asthma and urinary problems.
• Externally, the root is bruised and applied as a poultice to boils and ophthalmia, it is also considered helpful in relieving backache. The root of this plant has a high reputation in indigenous systems of medicine for dissolving stones in the kidneys.
• Alcoholic extract of the plant has exhibited significant anti-inflammatory, analgesic and diuretic properties.
• Purified fraction of the drug has shown potent antibacterial activity

References

• Gehlot N.K., Sharma V.N., and Vyas D.S., Indian J Pharmacol. 8, 92(1976).
• Pandya K.K., Patel R.B., and Chakravarty B.K., Indian Drugs 27, 415(1990).
• Antiurolithic effect of Bergenia ligulata rhizome: an explanation of the underlying mechanisms. J Ethnopharmacol. 2009 Feb 25;122(1):106-16. Epub 2008 Dec 11.
• Joshi V.S. et al. Herbal extracts of Tribulus terrestris and Bergenia ligulata inhibit growth of calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals in vitro. Journal of Crystal Growth, Volume 275, Issues 1–2, 15 February 2005, Pages e1403–e1408