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Asteracantha longifolia

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Asteracantha longifolia is a source of the ayurvedic drug. The seeds are acrid, bitter, aphrodisiac, tonic, sedative, used for diseases of the blood.

Uses

Jaundice, Impotency, Less sperm count, General debility, Renal calculi, Hepatomegaly, Bloting of the abdomen.

Parts Used

Leaves, Flowers .

Chemical Composition

The plant gave lupeol stignasteril and hydrocarbons, the seed gave sterols and the flowers have apegenin glucuronide.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada NA
Hindi Kokolaksha
Malayalam NA
Tamil Nirmuli
Telugu Nirugubbi
Marathi Talimakhana
Gujarathi Ekharo
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Iksuraka
English Hygrophila


Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Madhura(Sweet)

Guna

Guru(Heavy), Snigdha(Slimy)

Veerya

Sheeta(Cold)

Vipaka

Madhura(Sweet)

Karma

Vatapitta shamaka

Prabhava

Habit

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Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

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How to plant/cultivate

[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

  1. Chemical constituent
  2. ["morphology"]
  3. [ "Cultivation"]

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