Botanical name : Euphorbia hirta Linn.

Family : Euphorbiaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Dugdhika, Kshirini, Ksheeravi, Svaduparni

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Madhura, Lavana

Guna : Rooksha, Teekshna

Virya : Seeta, Madhura

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Asthma weed, Cats hair, Pill – bearing spurge.

Hindi : Lal dudhi

Malayalam : Chittirappala

PLANT DESCRIPTION

Small annual herb found in wet areas. Plant is pubescent, obovate- lanceolate, small petioled, with minute glands. Inflorescences seen in leaf axils. Seeds are capsules, compressed and small. Plant blossoms almost all time.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, pitta, rakta, asthma, skin diseases, fever, cough, and anorexia. It has aphrodisiac property.

Useful part : Whole plant.