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[[File:Fagonia cretica à Lanzarote.JPG|thumb|right|''Dhanvayāsaḥ'']]
'''Dhanvayāsaḥ''' consists of dried whole plant of Fagonia cretica. It is a small spiny under shrub with stiff, more or less prostrate branches found in north-west India and Deccan.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Brain Hemorrhage}}, {{Uses|Heart problems}}, {{Uses|Liver cancer}}, {{Uses|Body pains}}, {{Uses|Cures Allergies}}, {{Uses|Cures Allergies}}, {{Uses|Heals pimples}}, {{Uses|Vomiting}}, {{Uses|Excess thirst}}, {{Uses|Blood pressure disorders}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Neck stiffness}}, {{Uses|Female disease}}.

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plant}}.

==Chemical Composition==
It contains Alkaloids (Harmine); amino acids (alanine, glycine, leucine, arginine isoleucine, lysine, phenylalanine, proline, tyrosine and valline), terpenoids of oleanane group<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=Kodittuva|sa=Duhsparśā, Durālambhā, Dhanvayāsakah, Virupā, Durālabhā|ta=Tulganari|te=Chittigava, Gilaregati|hi=Damahan, Dhamaasa, Hinguaa, Dhanhare|en=Khorasan thorn}}

==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta, Kaṭu, Madhura, Kaṣāya
===Guna===
Laghu, Sara 
===Veerya===
Śīta
===Vipaka===
Madhura
===Karma===
Kaphahara, Vātahara, Pittahara, Medohara
===Prabhava===
 
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Small, Subsessile|Linear, Oblong|Green or blackish brown, 0.5 to 1.5 cm in length and 0.05 to 0.1 cm in width, without any prominent midrib region projected above the level of lamina.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower===
{{Flower|Pedicels slender|6 to 12 mm long|Pale rose or Purple||0.5 to 1.5 cm in length and 0.05 to 0.1 cm in width, without any prominent midrib region projected above the level of lamina}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Pentagonous schizocarp|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|Composed of five compressed|Two valved cocci|Seeds upto 5|}}

===Other features===

==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
*Durālabhādi Kvātha, Durālabhādi Kaāya, Rāsnādi Kvātha Cūrṇa (Mahā), Tiktaka Ghṛta, Usīrāsava, Kaṇṭakāryavaleha, Mahāpañcagavya Ghṛta, Punarnavāsava.
 
==Where to get the saplings==

==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}

==How to plant/cultivate==
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Arid climate}}.

==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Fagonia cretica - Flickr - S. Rae (2).jpg|Leaves
File:Fagonia cretica 01.JPG|Flowers
File:Fagoniacretica1.jpg|Fruit
File:Antigua Casillas de Morales - Lugar Diseminado Casillas de Morales - Fagonia cretica 01 ies.jpg|Whole plant
</gallery>

==References==
<references> 
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://fagoniacreticaforcancer.com/fagonia-cretica.aspx Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[Cultivation detail]</ref>
</references>

==External Links==
*[http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/df3f30a1ff694e3974ff2cca31d07ff1/ed7bd909878816c98e3b2b9dc09fa9c5 Fagonia cretica Lin on frlht.org]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagonia Fagonia cretica Lin on en.wikipedia.org]
*[http://fagoniacreticaforcancer.com/fagonia-cretica.aspx Fagonia cretica Lin on fagoniacreticaforcancer.com]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Zygophyllaceae]]