Asian Catnip or know in botanical name of Acalypha Indica, Indian acalypha, Indian nettle or three-seeded mercur, it’s plan in same family of general catnip that grown in asia, it is very good herb. Its leaf, trunk and root can boiled drink for herbal medicine.
Property of Leaf: kill threadworm in children, eliminating phlegm in the trachea, eliminating phlegm in asthma, be laxative, treat asthma.
Property of Root: expectorate, effect to Irritate the gastrointestinal, be Laxative.
Assumed that the root of Asian Catnip is a scent that attracts cats like Pheromone, which is a hormone that is used to attract the opposite sex. To make the cat feel obsessed like that. But not all the cats are fascinated with the smell of Asian Catnip Roots and said only that most cats love to enchant with it. Only a minority who may not feel anything and see "Asian Catnip" is just one tree.
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