Botanical name : Phyla nodiflora (L.) E. Greene. (Lippia nodiflora A. Rich.)
Family : Verbenaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Jalapippali, Toyavallari, Sharadi, Shakuladani, Matsyagandha, Matsyadani, Langali, Vashira.
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna : Lakhu, Snigdha
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Purple lippia
Hindi : Jalpapli
Malayalam : Neertippali, Neer tippali
Distribution – Throughout India, in wet wastelands.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A much branched perennial creeper herb rooting at the nodes. Leaves simple, opposite, subscssile. cuneate-spathulate or obovate. sharply serrite towards the apex; flowers white or pale pink, sessile, densely packed in axillary spikes, globose at first, afterwards elongating, peduncles usually single; fruits oblong, dry- splitting into one-seeded pyrenes.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, burning sensation, anorexia, flatulence, colic, dyspepsia, worm infestations, diarrhea, ulcers, asthma, bronchitis, knee joint pain, hemorrhoids, cardiac ailments, urinary retention, kidney disease, lymphadenitis, erysipelas and fever.
CHEMICAL CONTENTS
The plant contains flavone glycosides—nodiflorins A and B, lipiflorins A and B, as well as free flavones including 6-hydroxyluteolin, nepetin and nodifloretin along with beta-sitosterol and stigmasterol glucosides.
Dosage _ Plant—10–20 ml. juice. (CCRAS.)
Useful part : Whole plant.
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