Botanical name : Anethum graveolens Linn.
(Anethum sowa Roxb. ex DC., Peucedanum graveolens Linn, (in part))
Family : Apiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Satapushpa
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Katu, Tikta
Guna : Lakhu
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Dill, Garden dill, Anet
Hindi : Soya
Malayalam : Chatakuppa, Satakuppa
Distribution : Cultivated throughout India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
An aromatic annual herb grows up to 1 m in height with hollow grooved stem. Leaves compound, 2-3 pinnate, bluish-green, segments filiform, leaf sheath surrounds the stem; flowers yellow, in flat compound umbels; fruits narrowly winged, vittae large and conspicuous.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, flatulence, colic, dyspepsia, intestinal worms, dental pain, arthralgia, inflammation, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea. hiccough, cough, asthma, bronchitis, fever, ulcers, skin diseases, Liver spleen diseases, U.T.I., cardiac debility and hemorrhoids.
Useful part : Fruits
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