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Rotula aquatica - Ashmahabhedah

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[[File:Rotula aquatica (3018920081).jpg|thumb|right|''Ashmahabhedah'']]'''Ashmahabhedah''' is a common weed which grows wild everywhere in the plains of India. It is one of the plants included in Dasapushpam, the ten sacred flowers of ''''Kerala'''. 
==Uses==
{{Uses|Sudorific}}, {{Uses|Diuretic}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Venereal diseases}}, {{Uses|Kidney stone}}, {{Uses|Bladder stones}}, {{Uses|Cancer}}, {{Uses|Diuretic}}, {{Uses|Astringent}}., {{Uses|Headache}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|RootsRoot}}, {{Parts Used|Stem}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Paashaanabheda, Bilihindi soppu|ml=Kallurvanci|sa=Ashmahabhedah|ta=Ceppunerinji|te=Pashanabhedi|hi=Pashanabhed|en=Aquatica Rotula}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Properties==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Alternate|oblongOblong-oblanceolate|Leaves alternate or fascicled, 1-2 x 0.5 cm}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|solitarySolitary|calyx Calyx 3.5 mm long 5-partite|corolla Corolla pink|stamens Stamens 5|Flowers are 5 mm long, 7 mm across, campanulate, 5-lobed. Carpels are five in number. Flowering season is: May - October}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|||Many|Fruiting from May - October}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
==Where to get the saplings==
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Rotula aquatica 02.JPG|LeavesFile:Rotula aquatica - Aquatic Rotula at Ulikkal (4).jpg|FlowersFile:Pashanabhedi (Telugu- పాషాణభేది) (3019039719).jpg|HabitFile:Rotula aquatica - Aquatic Rotula at Ulikkal (3).jpg|FruitsFile:Singkhantha (in Garo) (5047141292).jpg|Flower and fruit
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.stuartxchange.org/Takad.html "Constituents"]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230961 Diagnostic]</ref><ref name="Uses">Kappathagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag, Page no: 44</ref><ref name="DiagnosticKarnataka Medicinal Plants"]>”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.811, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have flower, fruit and leaf photos]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Boraginaceae]]

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