Goat's Foot Creeper

Goat's Foot Creeper is classified into the plant family Convolvulaceae. It is a creeper with a thick brown bark, and numerous long and prostate branches with a smooth and hairless body surface. The leaves are 3.8-5.7 cm. long and bilobed. The funnel-shaped, rose-purple flowers are large and usually solitary, growing on upright stalks. The capsule are 1.3-1.6 cm. long, ovoid, smooth, and shiny. The seeds are covered with fine hairs.

           
MEDICINAL USE:
*Rheumatism and colic.
*Oedema.
*Whitlow, which is the painful abscess on the side of a fingernail or a toe nail.
*Piles.
*The crushed leaves are applied externally in rheumatism and colic or stomach and intestinal cramps.
*The juice of the leaf is given as a diuretic in oedema and the same juice is applied over the affected
  parts.
*The paste of the leaf is applied in whitlow, which is a painful abscess on the side of a fingernail or a
  toe nail.
*The juice of a leaf is also applied externally to cure piles.

PARTS USED:
*The leaves.

DOSE:
As recommended above.

Normal Dosage For:

Adults: 4 or 5 cups a day.
Aged 6 to 9 years: 2 cups a day
Aged 2 to 5 years: 1 cup a day
1 to 2 years: 1/2 cup a day
Below 1 year: 1/4 or less cup a day

A Useful Table for Quick Measurements:
1 tbsp = 5 grams (green herb)
1 dessertspoon = 2 grams (dry herb)
1 teaspoon = 25 drops
1 cup = 16 tbsp


1 litre = 7 or 8 cups