Description

As the name suggests, the toothache plant is used to ease toothache pain. When chewed, it has a numbing effect on the mouth. This local anesthetic effect is due to spilanthol, the plant’s main active ingredient. It also has plant compounds called flavonoids. The flavonoids reduce prostaglandins, which interfere with your perception of pain.

• English Name: Common Mallow
• Urdu Name: خبازی
• Scientific Name: Malva Sylvestris

Uses & Health Benefits:

• As with many wild food plants, the common mallow has also had a long history of medicinal use.
• Due to its high mucilage content, mallows make excellent soothing demulcent herbs, especially for cases of inflammation, either for the urinary, digestive or respiratory systems.
• Pregnant women or new mothers may like to know that mallow leaves can provide useful amounts of iron, as well as being quite high in zinc.
• Highly vitamines.
• All of the Mallow family with exception of the cotton plant (Gossypium hirsutum), are reportedly edible.
• With their high mucilage content, the leaves can usefully be taken as an emergency antidote to irritation or burning that may be caused by the accidental consumption of acrid plants in the buttercup family.
• Creative cooks can substitute mallow for spinach in many dishes, including soups, salads, gnocchi and quiche.
• Mallow also makes a great addition to soups, whereby the mucilage helps to thicken them.

Note:

The information is for educational purposes only. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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