Botanical name : Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit
Family : Lamiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Gangatulasi
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Kashaya, Tikta, Katu
Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Pignut.
Hindi : Gangatulsi
Malayalam : Gangatulasi, Gandhatulasi, Nattatulasi.
Distribution – Throughout India, grows as a weed.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
An erect elongated undershrub, grows up to 1.5 m in height. Leaves pale green, simple, opposite, elliptic, oblong, acute, serrate, entire, pubescent on both sides. Petiole slender and hairy. Flwers axillary, purplish in elongate recemes. Fruits nutlets, covered with serrated dentate calyx tube, smooth, mucilaginous when wet.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated tridoshas, cough, asthma, bronchitis, fever, toxins, vomiting, lumbago, gastric distension, urinary retention, ringworm, viral and bacterial infections and skin diseases.
Useful part : Whole plant.
CHEMICAL CONTENTS
Plant contain many bio-active chemicals, mainly 1, 8-cineole (32%) and b-
caryophyllene (29%), a-Thujene, a-Pinene, Camphene, Sabinene, b-Pinene, Myrcene, a-Phellandrene, 1, 8-Cineole, g-Terpinene, a-Terpinolene, Linalool, Fenchol, 4-Terpinenol, a-Terpineol, Eugenol, a-Copaene, b-Elemene, b-Caryophyllene, a-Humulene, a-Bergamotene, Aromadendrene, g-cadinene and d-cadinene.
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