The medicinal plants of Myanmar
DeFilipps, Robert A.
Krupnick, Gary A.
PhytoKeys
2018
2018-06-28
102
1
341
EB7A17E7-1970-A103-45D3-AE90439DCA9A
L.
L.
Magnoliopsida
Plantaginaceae
Digitalis
CoL
Plantae
Digitalis purpurea
Lamiales
137
138
Tracheophyta
species
purpurea
Names. Myanmar: tila-pup-hpi. English: apricot blush foxglove, common foxglove, digitalis, purple foxglove.
Range. A polymorphic species centered in the Mediterranean region. Naturalized elsewhere, including northern Africa; northern, middle, and southeastern Europe; also cultivated. Cultivated in Myanmar.
Use. Leaf: Used as heart tonic.
Notes. Dried leaves are a principle source of the drug digitalis. In India the leaf of this species is used for heart and kidney disease; also applied locally on wounds and burns ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991). Reported uses for the species include as a bactericide, cardiotonic, cardiostimulant, tonic, diuretic, sedative, stimulant; also for dropsy, edema, fever, insanity, neuralgia, palpitation, renitis, and tumor; also, a poison ( Duke 2009). Researchhas shown that chemicals found in this plant are effective as a bacteriocide and cardiotonic ( Duke 2009).
Reference. Nordal (1963).