Botanical name : Boerhaavia procumbense (B. verticillata)
Family : Nyctaginaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Svetapunarnava, Sophaghni
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : White hogweed, White pigweed
Hindi : Gadahpurna, Sant
Malayalam : Velutta tavilama, Vella tazhutama
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial diffuse herb with stout root stock and many branches. Leaves are simple opposite in unequal pairs. Leaves are ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, rounded or subcordate at base, pale green colored. Flowers whitish, to pale rose in color, in irregular clusters of terminal panicles. Fruits one seeded indehiscent with thin pericarp
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, fever, constipation, leucorrhoea, lumbar pain, myalgia, skin diseases, cardiac disorders, urinary infection, vesical stone, anemia, dyspepsia, constipation, and general debility.
Useful part : Whole plant