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Ophiorrhiza mungos


Name: Ophiorrhiza mungos
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Botanical name : Ophiorrhiza mungos Linn.
Family : Rubiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Sarpakshi, Sarpari
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Katu, Tikta
Guna   : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Mongoose plant
Hindi  : Sarhati
Malayalam : Avilpori
Distribution – Throughout India, in evergreen forests.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A small undershrub grows up to 60 cm in height. Leaves simple, opposite, lanceolate, short petioled and acute. flowers white in subumbellate cymes; fruits coriaceous capsules. Seeds numerous, angular and pale brown.    
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, wounds, ulcers, worm infestation, snake poison, skin diseases and cancer.
Useful part : Roots.  


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