It is said to be the best herbal medicine for kidney stones through cooking its roots into a boiling water and then drinking it.

Absolutely, its roots have many other benefits too such as treatment of piles, dysentery, sinus, alopecia, diarrhea, etc. It is anticonvulsant, antibacterial, aphrodisiac too.

In my childhood, I had a lot of fun with this plant, in our native language we call it "Laajvanti".

If you touch it, it will close the leaves. But it also closes its leaves when the sun sets; so as it is set biologically the closing of leaves is relatively slower as compared to when you touch it.

This #thediarygame post reminded me of my childhood days.

Steem on.