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'''Woodland figwort''' (also called '''figwort, Scrophularia nodosa, and common figwort''') is a perennial herbaceous plant found in temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere except western North America. It grows in moist and cultivated waste ground.<ref name="int"/>

== Description Uses== It grows upright{{Uses|eczema }}, {{Uses|psoriasis }}, with thick{{Uses|hemorrhoids}}, sharply square{{Uses|heart problems}}, succulent stems up to 150 cm tall from a horizontal rootstock. Its leaves are opposite{{Uses|liver problems}}, ovate at the base and lanceolate at the tip{{Uses|tuberculous}}, all having toothed margins. The flowers are in loose cymes in oblong or pyramidal panicles. The individual flowers are globular{{Uses|tumors}}, with five green sepals encircling green or purple petals{{Uses|swelling}}, giving way to an egg-shaped seed capsule.<ref name="des"/>{{Uses|Sore throats}}

== Uses Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Stems}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}.

The plant was thought==Chemical Composition==Iridoids, by the doctrine of signatures to be able to cure the throat disease scrofula because of the throataucubin & catapol are purgative. Harpagoside is anti-like shape of its flowersinflammatory and positively inotropic (will increase myocardial contractions). <ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Common namenames=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Woodland figwort}}

* '''English''' ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - woodland figwortSubstance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===

===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|opposite|Short-stemmed ovate at base, lanceolate near the top, with toothed margins}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-20|The flowers are in loose cymes in pyramidal or oblong panicles}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|General|7–10 mm|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||many}} ===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|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Damp ground in woods, hedgebanks, by streams etc. An occasional garden weed<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Temperate regions}}, {{Commonly seen|Moist}}, {{Commonly seen|Waste ground}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Scrophularia nodosa Luc Viatour.JPG|File:Scrophularia nodosa0.jpgFile:Scrophularia nodosa1.jpgFile:Scrophularia nodosa2.jpgFile:Scrophularia nodosa3.jpgFile:Scrophularia nodosa4.jpgFile:Scrophularia nodosa5.jpgFile:Scrophularia nodosa6.jpg</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="intchemical composition">[https://plantsthenaturopathicherbalist.usda.govcom/herbs/corer-s/profile?symbol=SCNO2 PLANTS Profile for Scrophularia scrophularia-nodosa (woodland figwort) | USDA PLANTS/ "Pharmacology"]</ref> <ref name="desLeaf">[http://www.purplesage.org.uk/profiles/figwort.htm Figwort"plant description"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/s/scrophularia-nodosa=knotted-figwort.php "Cultivation details"]</ref>

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