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Panax pseudoginseng

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Panax pseudoginseng is a perennial plant that can grow up to 1.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Uses

Indigestion, Vomiting, Coronary heart disease, Angina, Nosebleeds, Haemorrhages, Vertigo, Dizziness.[1]

Parts Used

Young leaves, Shoots.

Chemical Composition

It contains the chemical constituents isolated and detected from ginseng including polysaccharides, ginsenosides, peptides, polyacetylenic alcohols, fatty acids, etc.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
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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

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

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

Seeds, Division in spring.

How to plant/cultivate

Requires a moist humus rich soil in a shady position in a woodland.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Forests, Shrubberies.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemistry
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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