Botanical name : Desmodium gangeticum DC.

Family : Fabaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Salaparni, Guha, Sthira

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Madhura, Tikta

Guna : Guru, Snigda

Virya : Ushna

Vipaka : Madhura

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English :

Hindi : Sarivan

Malayalam : Orila

PLANT DESCRIPTION

An erect, branched shrub grows up to 1 meter in height. Stem is woody with numerous prostrate branches and covered with soft hairs. Leaves are single, ovate-lanceolate, and covered with numerous gray hairs. Flowers white, purple or lilac found in elongated terminal or axillary recemes. Fruits are moniliform 6-8 joined pods. Joints separate when ripe into one seeded segments. Seeds are compressed reniform.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated tridoshas, edema and cardiomyopathy. Plant has detoxifying property. .

Useful part : Roots or plant as a whole.