In a small quantity, the leaves can cooked with ghee and eaten. This removes gas and induces digestion.
This increases lactation and so mothers should take it once a week.
This releases old and hardened stools.
Euphorbia Cyathophora is another variety of Paal Perukki.
Both help in increasing milk in feeding mothers.
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