Hydrocotyle (genus)

Asian Pennywort (see the edible dollarweeds/pennyworts) is a popular medicinal plant possessing many reported ethnomedicinal and nutritional values. Human beings have used AP since prehistoric times. AP is widely used in the ayurvedic and Chinese medicinal practices (Cesarone et al., 1992; Brinkhaus et al., 2000; Incandela et al., 2001; Singh et al., 2010; 2012) and used as an ingredient in herbal medicinal preparations for treating skin conditions (e.g., wounds, leprosy, varicose, and psoriasis), gastrointestinal diseases (e.g., diarrhea, dysentery and gastric ulcers), infectious diseases (e.g.,influenza) and inflammatory diseases in the liver, urogenital and nephrological tissues (Rosen et al., 1967; Cesarone et al., 1992; Sunilkumar et al., 1998; Brinkhaus et al., 2000; Incandela et al., 2001; Singh et al., 2012).