Botanical name : Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) Wats.
Family : Poaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Dhyamaka, Rohisha
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Katu
Guna : Lakhu
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Rusa grass, Rosha grass
Hindi : Gandabel
Malayalam : Sambharapullu
Distribution – Throughout India growing wild, also cultivated.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial sweet scented grass grows up to 2 meters in height. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute; flower in spikelets, in long panicles, turning reddish brown when mature.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, nervine pain, bronchitis, cough, anorexia, colic, skin diseases, epilepsy in children and fever.
Useful part : Whole plant
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