**7.14** *Vitex negundo* **(Nirgundi)**

*V. negundo* deserve from Verbenaceae is a hardy plant and also known as Nirgundi. All parts of this plant possess a wide range of phytochemical secondary metabolites which impart an unprecedented variety of use to the plant. This plant is credited with innumerable medicinal activities like analgesic, antiseptic, alterant, thermogenic, depurative, rejuvenating, ophthalmic, anti-gonorrhoeic, antipyretic, useful in bronchitis, asthma and enlargement of spleen. Its root are tonic, febrifuge, antirheumatic, diuretic and are useful as a demulcent in dysentery, in cephalalgia, otalgia, calic, uropathy wound and ulcers.
