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KARPOORAVALLI


Name: KARPOORAVALLI
Filename: Plectranthus_amboinicus.JPG
Description:
Botanical name : Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng, Coleus amboinicus
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, Country borage, Mexican mint
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.


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