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Parpati

Shweta Parpati
Uses and benefits: irritation, itching and burning sensation in the urinary organs and helps in treatment as well as prevention of urinary tract infections. Urinary calculi can also be treated very well

Rasa Parpati
Uses and benefits: primarily used for the treatment of Indigestion, Loss of appetite, Diarrhoea, bleeding disorder, cures the irritation and inflammation of colon mucosa

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