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Felicia amelloides - Kasni

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[[File:Wegwarte Cichorium intybus.jpg|thumb|right|''Chicory'', ''Kasni'']]
'''Kasni''' Felicia daisy (Felicia amelloides) is a somewhat woodybushy, perennial herbaceous plant South African native valued for its bright masses of the dandelion family Asteraceaeminiature blooms. Felicia daisy flowers consist of showy, usually with sky blue petals and bright yellow centers. Butterflies are attracted to the vivid blue flowers, rarely white or pinkblooms. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves ==Uses=={{Uses|ingestion}}, chicons (blanched buds){{Uses|worm burdens}}, or roots (var. sativum){{Uses|constipation}}, which are baked{{Uses|bowel function}}, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. It is also grown as a forage crop for livestock.{{Uses|Skin eruptions}}<ref name="livestockUses"/> Kasni is is also known as '''Common chicory ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}. ==Chemical Composition==coumarins, cardiac glycosides, essential oils, flavonoids, Cichorium intybusphenolics, succorysaponins, blue daisyand steroids. However, alkaloids, blue dandelionanthraquinones, blue sailors etcand tannins were not detected<ref name="common nameschemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=chikory|ml=chikkari|sa=Kasni|ta=|te=kasini, kasini-vittulu|hi=Kasni, Hinduba|en=Agrimony}} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Pitta===Prabhava===
== Description Habit== {{Habit|Cactus/SucculentWhen flowering, chicory has a tough, grooved, and more or less hairy stem, from 30 to 100 cm (10 to 40 in) tall. The leaves are stalked, lanceolate and unlobed. The flower heads are 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.6 in) wide, and usually bright blue, rarely white or pink. Of the two rows of involucral bracts, the inner is longer and erect, the outer is shorter and spreading. It flowers from July until October.}}
== Uses Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are dark green above and light green below}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
*Chicory is well known for its toxicity to internal parasites. Studies indicate that ingestion of chicory by farm animals results in reduction of worm burdens.===Flower===*Chicory (especially the flower), used as a folk medicine in Germany, is recorded in {{Flower|Unisexual|3 cm|bright yellow|5-20|Unlike many books as an ancient German treatment for everyday ailments.*Chicory contains inulin, which may help humans with weight loss, constipation, improving bowel function and general health.*Chicory has been listed as one other members of the 38 plants that are used to prepare Bach flower remediesdaisy family,<ref name="uses"/> a kind the flowerheads of alternative medicineF.amelloides do not close at night}}
==Common name=Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|Each fruit is shed with its pappus which, acting like a tiny parachute, helps to disperse them|The cypselas (fruits) are dark brown with tiny hairs|}}
* '''English''' - blue daisy* '''Kannada''' - ಚಿಕೊರಿ* '''Hindi''' - कासनी===Other features===
== References 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|Cuttings}}. <references>==How to plant/cultivate==Drought-resistant and wind-resistant this plant thrives in a poor, well-drained soil so long as there is full sun and no damp<ref name="livestockHow to plant/cultivate"/>[https://books ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.google.co.in/books?id ==B0bXX_grAwYC&pgPhoto Gallery=PA68&redir_esc=y#v<gallery class=onepage&q&f"left" caption=false "Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Cattle"]</ref><ref namewidths="140px" heights="common names140px">[httpFile:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage://wwwAgrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.flowersofindia2004.net/catalog/slides/Chicory0.html Flowers of India]jpg</refgallery> ==References== <references><ref name="useschemical composition">[https://bookswww.ncbi.googlenlm.conih.ingov/pubmed/books?id=icG8onA0ys8C&pg=PR3&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false 22536286 " Bach Flower Remedies: A Comprehensive Studychemistry"]</ref></references>
<ref name== External Links =="Leaf">[http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:207656-1 "General Description"]</ref>
*<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://enwww.wikipediarhs.org.uk/Plants/wiki94694/Chicory ChicoryFelicia-amelloides-Santa-WikipediaAnita/Details "How to grow"]</ref></references>
==External Links==
* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b724 Felicia amelloides on missouribotanicalgarden]
* [https://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/felicia-amelloides-blue-marguerite/ Felicia amelloides on backyard gardener]
* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chicory.html Felicia amelloides-flowers of india]
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