Botanical name : Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleasen
(O.glabratus Benth.)
Family : Lamiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Pratanika
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Katu
Guna : Lakhu.
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English :
Hindi :
Malayalam : Chilannippadam, Chilannippatam
Distribution –Throughout south India, in dry open forests
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial woody shrub grows up to 1 meter in height. Leaves simple, opposite, long petiolate, decussate, broadly ovate, acute, obtuse or subcordale at base, coarsely crenale or serrate, nearly glabrous, flowers in whorls in terminal racemes. Fruits 4, dry ellipsoid smooth nutlets.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, pitta, urinary retention, stone, gouty arthtritis, inflammation, erysipelas, skin diseases, such as scabies, dermatitis and pruritus, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, wounds, ulcers and fever.
Useful part : Whole plant.
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