Family: Asteraceae
- Common name: Spanish needle
- Gujarati: ફુસિયું Fusiyun
- Garhwal: Kuri
- Afrikaans language: knapsekêrel
- Chinese: gui zhen cao, kuei chen ts’ao
- English: beggar's tick, beggar-ticks, hairy beggar-ticks, black-jack, broom stick, broom stuff, cobbler's pegs, devil's needles, hairy bidens, Spanish needle, farmers friend, Devils Pitchfork
- Fijian: batimadramadra, matakaro, matua kamate, mbatikalawau, mbatimandramandra
- French: bident hérissé, bident poilu, herbe d'aiguille, herbe villebague, piquants noirs
- Gĩkũyũ: mũcege[
- Hawaiian: kī, nehe, kī nehe, kī pipili
- Japanese: コセンダングサ (ko-sendangusa) and ひっつき虫 (hittsuki-mushi
- Kifumbira: Inyabalasanya
- Mangareva: tarou, taru
- Malayalam: Kandanakuthi,കണ്ടനക്കുത്തി
- Malay: rumput juala, kanching baju
- Māori: koheriki, kohiriki, kamika tuarongo, piripiri, nīroa, piripiri nīroa, piripiri kerekere
- Mufindi: Mabangalala
- Myanmar: ta-sae-ut
- Niuean: kofetoga, kofetonga
- Philippines: pisau-pisau
- Bontoc language: nguad, puriket
- Ivatan language: dadayem
- Portuguese: amor-de-burro
- Pukapukan: pilipili
- Spanish: acetillo, amor seco, arponcito, asta de cabra, cacho de cabra, masquia, mazote, papunga chipaca, pega-pega, perca, sirvulaca; (Canary Islands) Amorsecano
- Tahitian: piripiri
- Tongan: fisi‘uli
- Ukrainian: chereda
- Vietnamese: xuyến chi, cue ao, quay cham thao
- Wallisian: tae puaka
- Cambodia: ភិដែន
Used in Ayurveda, Unani and Sidha. Plant juice antibacterial, antiulcer, alterative, antimalarial, antidiabetic, hypoglycemic, antiyeast, antihypertensive, antifungal, antimycobacterial, styptic, antiinflammatory, antirheumatic, insecticide. Flower heads used for toothache. Leaves or roots for stomach complaints; leaves juice applied to swollen glands; leaf paste applied for joint pain and rheumatism; warm paste of the leaves used to treat boils, ulcers, sores, wounds, toothache, fungal infections; leaves ground with those of Tithonia diversifolia and the paste applied all over the body against fever; leaves infusion for stomach problems, intestinal worms and food poisoning; leaves infusion drunk to relieve excessive gas in the stomach. Roots used to treat constipation and malaria; extract of fresh root taken orally to remove the effect of poison in snakebite. Used to increase the production of blood. Broth of cooked leaves administered to treat goiter. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Spanish needles (Florida), romerillo (little rosemary, Cuba); smoked as a tobacco substitute, as a vulnerary, to treat dysentery, and other problems. [Florida Ethnobotany]
Used in fungal infections, insecticide, body pains, dysentery, conjunctivitis, anemia, snakebite, inflammation, high blood pressure, filariasis, intercostal neuralgia, psoriasis, wounds, oxytocic. [Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition]
Action Plant—cytotoxic. Leaf—applied to ulcers and swollen glands. The plant contains a number of polyacetylenes which are toxic to bacte-
ria, fungi and human fibroblast cells. Phenylheptatriyne is the major constituent of the leaves and stems. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Hepatoprotective against various toxins and have demonstrated potential as broad-spectrum antihepatotoxic agents. [Medical Hrebalism - The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine]
In China, a decoction of the leaves mixed with rice wine is used to invigorate health after choking, assuage lung discomfort and to check bleeding. In Vietnam, a poultice is used to counteract putrefaction of the eyes. In Malaysia, the leaves are chewed or applied to the gums to assuage toothache. A decoction of the plant is bechic. In Solomon Islands, the roots are used to assuage stomachache. [Medicinal Plants: Drugs For The Future? ]
Used in pulmonary disorders, leprosy. TCM: leaf decoction anti-inflammatory and styptic, used for lung trouble; anti-inflammatory; antirheumatic; juice for treating wounds and ulcers. [Medicinal Plants in Australia, Volume 4 : An Antipodean Apothecary]
Sometimes used in Jamaica, when young, as a green vegetable or potherb. It is boiled like calalu, occasionally with lard, and is said to be good for the bowels. Tea is prepared from it and used in the treatment of worms and as a general beverage. The juice of the fresh plant is also used, as in parts of Africa, as a styptic for cuts. It is also used in Africa as a potherb; infusions of the leaf and root for colic; the powdered leaf in water as an enema for abdominal complaints; and the juice as drops for earache and ophthalmia. Steggerda also mentions its use in Jamaica for colds. [Medicinal Plants of Jamaica]
Whole plant: Infusion used to treat diabetes, thrush, the esophagus and stomachache. Leaf: Sap for treating sores, and as an eyewash for itching and tired eyes. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana) ]
Dizziness, migraines, headaches, rheumatism. [Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants]
Spanish needles (Florida), romerillo (little rosemary, Cuba); smoked as a tobacco substitute, as a vulnerary, to treat dysentery, and other problems. [Florida Ethnobotany]
Used in fungal infections, insecticide, body pains, dysentery, conjunctivitis, anemia, snakebite, inflammation, high blood pressure, filariasis, intercostal neuralgia, psoriasis, wounds, oxytocic. [Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition]
Action Plant—cytotoxic. Leaf—applied to ulcers and swollen glands. The plant contains a number of polyacetylenes which are toxic to bacte-
ria, fungi and human fibroblast cells. Phenylheptatriyne is the major constituent of the leaves and stems. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Hepatoprotective against various toxins and have demonstrated potential as broad-spectrum antihepatotoxic agents. [Medical Hrebalism - The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine]
In China, a decoction of the leaves mixed with rice wine is used to invigorate health after choking, assuage lung discomfort and to check bleeding. In Vietnam, a poultice is used to counteract putrefaction of the eyes. In Malaysia, the leaves are chewed or applied to the gums to assuage toothache. A decoction of the plant is bechic. In Solomon Islands, the roots are used to assuage stomachache. [Medicinal Plants: Drugs For The Future? ]
Used in pulmonary disorders, leprosy. TCM: leaf decoction anti-inflammatory and styptic, used for lung trouble; anti-inflammatory; antirheumatic; juice for treating wounds and ulcers. [Medicinal Plants in Australia, Volume 4 : An Antipodean Apothecary]
Sometimes used in Jamaica, when young, as a green vegetable or potherb. It is boiled like calalu, occasionally with lard, and is said to be good for the bowels. Tea is prepared from it and used in the treatment of worms and as a general beverage. The juice of the fresh plant is also used, as in parts of Africa, as a styptic for cuts. It is also used in Africa as a potherb; infusions of the leaf and root for colic; the powdered leaf in water as an enema for abdominal complaints; and the juice as drops for earache and ophthalmia. Steggerda also mentions its use in Jamaica for colds. [Medicinal Plants of Jamaica]
Whole plant: Infusion used to treat diabetes, thrush, the esophagus and stomachache. Leaf: Sap for treating sores, and as an eyewash for itching and tired eyes. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana) ]
Dizziness, migraines, headaches, rheumatism. [Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants]
375 Published articles of Bidens pilosa
