Botanical name : Ageratum conyzoides Linn.
Family : Asteraceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Vishamushti
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa        : Tikta, Katu
Guna       : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna
Virya       : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English             : Goat weed.
Hindi                : Visadodi
Malayalam        : Kattappa, Appa, Muriyan pacha
Distribution – Growing throughout India in plains and hills. Growing mainly on rainy season
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A thoughout hairy annual weed grows up to 1 meter in height. Leaves simple, opposite and sometime alternate, hairy on both sides; flowers pale violet in color, heads, fruits small, black and attenuated and 5 angled.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, hemorrhoids, anorexia, dyspepsia, kidney stones, cuts, wounds and ulcers and in conjunctivitis.
Useful part    :    Whole plant.