Botanical name : Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.

Family : Lamiaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Karpooravalli, Sugandhavalakam

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Tikta, Lavana, Kshara

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna

Virya : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Indian borage

Hindi : Pathar choor

Malayalam : Panikkoorkka,Kannikkoorkka

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A perennial herb grows up to a height of 30-60 cm; leaves simple, opposite, ovate, fleshy and aromatic; flowers pale purplish in dense whorls at distant intervals in a long slender raceme;

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, stomachache, cough, otalgia, flatulence, fever, and diarrhea especially in children

Useful part : Leaves.