Pakopatoti-alog Grangea maderaspatana (Linn.) Poir. MADRAS CARPET Tian ji huang

Scientific names Common names
Grangea maderaspatana (Linn.) Poir. Pakopatoti-alog (Ilk.)
Artemisia maderaspatana Linn. Madras carpet (Engl.)
Perdicium tomentosum Blanco Tian ji huang (Chin.)

Botany
Pakopatoti-alog is a hairy, branched herb, spreading from the roots and growing up to 70 cm high. Buds are white and wooly. Leaves are alternate, stalkless, sinuately pinnatifid, and divided into toothed lobes. Flowering heads are borne opposite the leaves, and are short-peduncled, rounded, and 8 to 10 mm in diameter.

Distribution
An occasional weed in open, waste places in and about towns.
In La Union, Pampanga, Bulacan and Rizal Provinces in Luzon.
Introduced, also occurring in tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa.

Properties
Analgesic, stomachic, antispasmodic.

Parts used
Leaves.

Uses
Folkloric
In the Philippines, leaf infusion used as stomachic and antispasmodic.
In India leaves are a valuable stomachic with deobstruent and antispasmodic properties. Also, presribed as an infusion and electuary for obstructed menses and hysteria.
Leaves somestimes used in antiseptic and anodyne preparations.

Studies
• Analgesic: Study of methanol extract of the whole plant of Grangea maderaspatana showed a dose-dependent analgesic activity.
• Antioxidant / Free Radical Scavenging: Study showed antioxidant acitivity that was concentration dependent, increasing with the amount of extract. Free radical scavenging and antioxidant activities may be attributed to the presence of phenolic and flavonoid compounds.
• Estrogenic / Anti-implantation Efficacy: A mixture of flavonoids extracted from G. maderaspatana showed oestrogenicity and antiimplantational activities in a mouse study.

Availability
Wild-crafted.