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Bergenia ligulata - Asmabhedaka

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[[File:Bergenia ciliata (Haw.) Sternb. f. ligulata (Yeo) (Saxifragaceae) plant.jpg|thumb|right|''Bergenia ligulata'']]
'''Bergenia ligulata''' <ref name="Bergenia ligulata"/> Paashaanbhed, Prashanbheda, and other spellings in Ayurveda Indian [[traditional medicine]] is a plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae and the genus Bergenia. The plant is mostly found in temperate Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan and in Khasia hills at 15,00 meter altitude.
==Uses==
{{Uses|migraines}}, {{Uses|headaches}}, {{Uses|vomiting}}, {{Uses|piles}}, {{Uses|burning sensation}}, {{Uses|perspiration problems}}, {{Uses|burning sensation in the vagina}}.
== Medicinal Uses Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Root tubers}}.
*Pashanbheda is used in Ayurveda ==Chemical Composition==Bergenia ligulata contains A phenolic compound bergenin and Unani system of medicine for treatment afzelechin, a type of many diseases especially for urinary stones. The plant roots has cooling, laxative, analgesic, abortifacient (abortion causing) and aphrodisiac propertiesflavan-3-ol.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
*The roots are used in treatment of vesicular calculi, urinary discharges, excessive uterine haemorrhage, diseases of the bladder, dysentery, menorrhagia, splenic enlargement and heart diseases. Ayurveda mentions, the roots as bitter, acrid, post digestion pungent and cool in potency. It is tridoshnashak (balances Vata, Pitta and Kapha).==Common names=={{Common names|kn=Ativisa|ml=Ativisam|sa=Ativisha|ta=Atividyam|te=Ati visa|hi=Atis|en=Indian Atees}}
*Teething troubles: The roots are rubbed down and given with honey to children when teething.==Habit==*Ear pain: The leave juice is extracted in mortar and pestle. This is used as ear drops to cure earache.*Intestinal parasites roundworms: About 10 g of root paste or juice is taken orally by human adults with the molasses, twice a day for 3-4 days.*Cuts, boils, wounds and burns: Dried roots paste is applied externally on affected body parts.*Urinary disorders, stomach disorders and urogenital complaints: Decoction of fresh roots is taken orally for treating these conditions.*Constipation: Root paste is taken with lukewarm water.*Dysentery: Approximately 5-10 g root powder is taken with fresh water, two times a day.*Fever: The root powder tea is given to treat fever.*Cough: 50 ml root decoction with candy sugar is given for one weak.{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|glabrous|sessile|The leaves are variable in shape and size}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
==Common name=Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|white–violet|10-18|Flowers are Large, hooded and occur in slender racemes or lax leafy panicles. Corolla is hairy. Carpels are five in number}}
* '''English''' - Winter Begonia===Fruit===* '''Kannada''' - ಅಲ್ಪ್ಗಯ * '''Hindi''' - Silphara{{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome||s|}}
===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Tuber segment}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==The more common species of Aconitum are generally those cultivated in gardens, especially hybrids. They typically thrive in well-drained evenly moist garden soils like the related hellebores and delphiniums, and can grow in the shade of trees.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|western Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|open woodland}}, {{Commonly seen|moisty soil area}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Aconitum napellus01.jpg|File:Aconitum-reclinatum01.jpg|Trailing white monkshood (''A. reclinatum)''File:Aconitum-uncinatum01.jpg|Southern blue monkshood (''A. uncinatum'')File:Alaskan Monkshood Leaf.jpg|Wild Alaskan monkshood (''A. delphinifolium'') is a flowering species that belongs to the family Ranunculaceae. </gallery> == References ==
<references>
<ref name="Bergenia ligulatachemical composition">[https://www.medicinalplantsanduses.com/aconitum-heterophyllum-medicinal-uses "medicinal plants"]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[https://www.bimbima.com/herbs/ativisha/3956/ "bimbima"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergenia_ligulata Aconitum "wikipediawikipedea"]</ref>
</references>
 
==External Links==
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[[Category:Herbs]]
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