Description

Mimosa pudica is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. Leaves contain contractile protein and flavonoid, etc. Roots contain hemoglobin and some kinds of selenium compounds, alkaloids, flavonoid and lactone. The whole herb was used for treatment common cold, infantile chronic fever, acute conjunctivitis, bronchitis, enteritis, hepatitis, gastritis, insomnia, conjunctivitis, acute posterior ganglionitis.