Makoy
| Botanical Name | Solanum nigrum |
| Common Name | Makoy |
| Family | Solanaceae |
| Part-Used | Whole plant. |
Description:
It is distributed through out dry parts of India up to 800 m altitude.
Active Compounds:
Five steroidal alkaloids viz, SN-0, SN-1, SN-e, SN-3, SN-4 were isolated and characterized as solanine.
Medicinal Properties:
Leaf is bitter, alternative, sedative, diaphoretic, diuretic, hydragogue, expectorant. Fruit is alterative, tonic, diuretic, depurative, diaphoretic, vulnerary, and digestive.
Uses: edema, fever and cough, gonorrhea, heart disease (accompanied by leg and foot swelling), hemorrhoids, inflammatory swellings, enlarged liver, skin diseases, enlarged spleen, painful, swollen testicles.
