English: Ruta, Common rue, Garden rue
Hindi: Satap, Sadab
Sanskrit: Sadapaha, Somalata
Malayalam: Arootha-അരൂത, Somalatha-സോമലത
Useful plant parts: Leaf, Whole plant.
Ruta is an evergreen subshrub growing 20 to 60 cm tall, The leaves are bluish-green in color, strongly scented, and bipinnate or tripinnate, with a feathery appearance, the flowers are yellow, with 4 to 5 petals, the fruit is a lobed capsule, containing many seeds.
Medicinal uses: Skin diseases, worm infestation in children.
Chemical Contents: Abortifacient, Expectorant, Haemostatic, Anthelmintic, Antiinflammatory, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Antidiarrhoeal, Antidote, Emetic, Emmenagogue,
How to prepare medicines:
Extracts of rue plant are used in the treatment of eye problems, and it is a good insect repellent, it is used to treat menstrual problems, it is a sedative.
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