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ACHYRANTHES ASPERA


Name: ACHYRANTHES ASPERA
Filename: Achyranthes_aspera_.JPG
Description:
Botanical name : Achyranthes aspera Linn.
Family : Amaranthaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Apamargah, Mayoorah,Markatapippalee, Durgrahah
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES –
Of fruit
Rasa    : Madhura
Guna   : Rooksha, Sara
Virya   : Seeta
Of root
Rasa    : Tikta, Katu
Guna   : Teekshna, Sara
Virya   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     : Prickly chaff-flower plant
Hindi        : Circita
Malayalam    : Vankadaladi
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A shrub that grows up to one meter height; leaves simple, opposite, obovate or elliptic; flowers bracteate and bracteolate, greenish, in spikes; fruits oblong urticle; seeds single, inverse.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, asthma, bronchitis, flatulence, painful inflammations, vomiting, skin diseases, renal and vesical calculi.
Useful part    :    The whole plant

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