Botanical name : Emilia sonchifolia (Linn.) DC

Family : Asteraceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Sasasruti, Akhukarni, Dravanti, Sambari

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Katu, Kashaya, Tikta

Guna : Lakhu, Grahi

Virya : Seeta

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English :

Hindi : Kirankari, Hirankhuri

Malayalam : Muyalchevi

Distribution – Throughout India in waste lands

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A soft annual herb grows up to 40 cm in height. Leaves simple, lyrate –pinnate with large terminal lobe; flowers purplish in corymbose heads, fruits oblong containing many seeds; seeds long, compressed, having terminal tuft of soft hairs for wind dispersal.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, conjunctivitis, worm infestations, tonsillitis, bleeding piles, cuts, ulcers intermittent fever and allergy.

Useful part : Whole plant.