Traditional Herbs from Nymphoides indica

headache

Take enough tetepok flower leaves and wash them until clean.
Crush the leaves until they become a paste.
Apply the leaf paste on your\u00a0forehead to relieve headaches.

fever

Take plant\u00a0tap then wash until clean.
Boil the plant until it boils.
Strain the decoction.
Drink to cure fever.

What is Nymphoides indica Looks like??

Parts of Nymphoides indica that could be used

Leaves
All Parts of the Plant
Rhizomes

Nymphoides indica Distribution

Tetepok flowers are widespread in Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Australia and the Pacific Islands. This plant is known in English as "water snowflake" because its white flowers resemble "snow flakes" in a pond. Because of its uniqueness, in 2011 this flower was designated as one of the national puspa on National Puspa and Animal Love Day. This plant is often planted in ponds and swampy areas as an ornamental plant. This plant can also be used as a vegetable, where the leaves, young stems, flower buds and fruit can be cooked and consumed. This aquatic plant is also used as a traditional medicine in several countries, where a paste of the leaves is rubbed on the forehead to relieve headaches and a decoction of the plant is drunk to cure fever and dysentery.
Agroecology of Nymphoides indica
Tetepok flowers grow in shallow, stagnant waters, ponds, flooded rice fields and lake shores, up to an altitude of 1,900 m. This plant likes areas in full sun but is tolerant of partial shade. Plants grow best when their roots are submerged in 30-60 cm of water.
Morphology of Nymphoides indica

Geragih roots are short, in water, have rhizomes.
Cylindrical stems, unbranched, yellowish green.
Leaves are shiny green at the top and the bottom is pale and have dotted glands. Strands leaves ovate to subcordate, base of leaf shaped like a heart, edge of leaf flat, floating on the surface of the water, thick flesh.
Flowers numerous, small, star-shaped with five white crowns, covered with long white hairs on top with colored part yellow in the middle. The flowers of the tetepok plant stick out above the water surface with stalks between 2-4 cm, slightly fragrant.
The fruit is ellipsoid, contains many seeds.
The seeds are smooth round, pale brown.

Cultivation of Nymphoides indica
Propagation is generative (seeds) or vegetative (leaf and stem cuttings).

Nymphoides indica, more details :

Chemical Content of Nymphoides indica
5 lipophilic compounds (azelaic (nonanedioic), 4-methyl-heptanedioic acid, hexadecanoic acid, stearic acid, and hexadecanol fatty alcohol), 3 seco-iridoids (7-epiexaltoside, 6″,7″-dihydro-7-epiexaltoside, menthiafolin), flavonoids (3,7-di-O-methylquercetin-4'-O-β-glucoside, 3-O-methylquercetin-7-O-β-glucoside, 3,7-di-O-methylquercetin, 3,7-dimethyl quercetin ether 4′-glucoside), scopoletin, ferulic acid, monoterpenoids foliamenthoic acid, and 6,7-dihydrofoliamenthoic acid methyl ester.
Benefits of Nymphoides indica
Treats dysentery, scabies, snake bites, jaundice, headaches, fever, rheumatism, gallbladder, swelling, has activity as an antipyretic, anticonvulsant (prevents or treats seizures), aphrodisiac, antimicrobial, antiprotozoal, antioxidant, and mild to moderate antidiabetic.
Simplisia of Nymphoides indica

Take a fresh tepok plant and wash it until clean.
Dry it in direct sunlight or use an oven.
After the leaves are completely dry, store them in a well-closed container and protected from light to maintain the quality of the simplicia.

Another Facts for Nymphoides indica :

Synonym of Nymphoides indica
Limnanthemum calycinum Miq., Limnanthemum forsteri Seem., Menyathes brasilica Vell.
Habitus of Nymphoides indica
Aquatic Plants. Aquatic plant, annual, up to 2 m high
Habitat of Nymphoides indica