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ALAMBUSHA


Name: ALAMBUSHA
Filename: Neptunia_oleracea.jpg
Description:
Botanical name : Neptunia oleracea Lour. (N. prostrata Baill)
Family : Mimosaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Alambusha
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Kashaya, Madhura
Guna   : Guru
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     : Sensitive water plant
Hindi        : Lajjalu
Malayalam    : Neertottavadi, Neertottavati, Neetitottavadi
Distribution – Throughout India, in stagnant waters.  
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A small spreading floating aquatic herb. Leaves bipinnate, leaflets 8-15 pairs, small, sensitive, narrow-oblong, obtuse, glabrous; flowers minute, yellow, in axillary oblong heads; fruits stalked, deflexed, oblique, oblong pods, seeds 6-9 slightly compressed obovoid-oblong, brown.   
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, headache, burning sensation, excessive perspiration, diarrhea, and worm infestations.
Useful part    :    Whole plant.  
 
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