Botanical name : Boerhaavia diffusa Linn
Family : Nyctaginaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Punarnava, Sophaghni
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Hogweed, Pigweed
Hindi : Gadahpurna, Sant
Malayalam : Tavilama, Tazhutama
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial diffuse herb with stout root stock and many branches. Leaves are simple opposite in unequal pairs. Leaves are ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, rounded or subcordate at base, glabrous above, whitish beneath. Flowers pale rose in color, in irregular clusters of terminal panicles. Fruits highly viscid, easily detachable, one seeded, indehiscent with thin pericarp
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, fever, constipation, leucorrhoea, lumbar pain, myalgia, skin diseases, cardiac disorders, urinary infection, vesical stone, anemia, dyspepsia, constipation, and general debility.
Useful part : Whole plant
Photo : Dr. Eby Abraham MD
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