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Cassia alata
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Ringworm bush is a deciduous shrub or small tree with horizontal branches. It can grow up to 8 metres tall. The plant is highly valued in many areas of the tropics for its medicinal virtues. It is commonly gathered from the wild, mainly for medicinal use but also as a food and source of materials.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Skin diseases, Diarrhoea, Worms, Parasitic skin diseases, Scabies, Eczema, Diarrhoea, Tympanites, Sores, Skin fungi, Stomach problems.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
12 compounds were isolated from C. alata, which were identified as Chrysoeriol, Kaempferol, Quercetin, Trihydroflavanone, Kaempferol-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (5), Kaempferol beta-D-glucopyranoside etc.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Dodda chagache, Dhavalagida |
| Hindi | Dad mardan |
| Malayalam | NA |
| Tamil | Simaiyagatti |
| Telugu | Metta taamara |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Dadrighna |
| English | Ringworm shrub |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Guna
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowering from November to February |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruiting from November to February |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
A plant of moister areas in the tropics, where it is usually found at lower elevations but occasionally as high as 2,100 metres.[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Found in many habitats, Preferring disturbed, Rather open vegetation, River banks, Rain forest edges, Open forest, Pond and ditch margins, Lake shores.
Photo Gallery
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References
- ↑ Arrticle - National library of Medicine
- ↑ [Morphology]
- ↑ Cultivation
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Skin diseases
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Diarrhoea
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Worms
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Parasitic skin diseases
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Scabies
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Eczema
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Tympanites
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Sores
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Skin fungi
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Stomach problems
- Herbs with Young leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Young pods used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Deciduous shrub
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Cuttings
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Found in many habitats
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Preferring disturbed
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Rather open vegetation
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of River banks
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Rain forest edges
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Open forest
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Pond and ditch margins
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Lake shores
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