Botanical name : Dorstenia indica (Contra Heirba)
Family : Moraceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Chaturmukham
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya, Katu
Guna : Lakhu.
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Drostenia
Hindi : Drostenia
Malayalam : Charutmukham, Drostenia,
Distribution – Introduced form tropical Caribbean, found throughout in India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A small annual plant grows up to 45 cm in height with strange looking receptacles. Leaves get up to 8 inches (10 cm) long and wide, irregular in shape from oblong to deeply pinnately lobed and are very rough to the touch. Receptacles arise terminally and it is rough and irregularly shaped.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, inflammation, and it is claimed to cure malignancy.
Useful part : Whole plant.
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