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Exacum bicolor - Akshipushpi

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Akshipushpi, Exacum bicolor

Akshipushpi is a tall herb that occurs in grassy meadows and hillsides of the western ghats. The striking violet-white blooms appear at the end of the rainy season. It is in the Gentian family.

Uses

Inflammation, Inflammation, Burning sensation, Fever, Hemorrhage [1]

Parts Used

Whole plant

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Dodda chirayutha
Hindi Bara-charayatah
Malayalam Kannamthali
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Akshipushpi
English Bicolor Persian violet

[2]

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light)

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

Karma

Pitta

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Opposite 7 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, narrowed to a broad petiole, acute at apex, 3-ribbed

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Terminal cymes Blue-white-violet 4 Cymes terminal, in many flowered corymbs; bracts 7 mm long, linear.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule globose Seeds small, many {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

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