Artemisia - Indhana

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Indhana, Artemisia

Indhana or Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 and 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names for various species in the genus include mugwort, wormwood, and sagebrush.

Artemisia comprises hardy herbaceous plants and shrubs, which are known for the powerful chemical constituents in their essential oils. Artemisia species grow in temperate climates of both hemispheres, usually in dry or semiarid habitats.The leaves of many species are covered with white hairs.

Uses

Malaria, Cancer, Crohn’s Disease, salmonella, SIBO, bloated stomach, porphyria, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Leaves, Flowers.

Chemical Composition

flavonoids, quercitin 3-glucoside, quercitin 3-rhamnoglucoside, spinacetin 3-glucoside, spinacetin 3-rhamnoglucoside, and others

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	urigattige, uruvalu
Hindi	vilayati afsantin
Malayalam	nilampala, shulabandha
Tamil	macipattiri, macippaccai
Telugu	moshipatri, tartiha
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	damar, indhana
English	Wormwood, bsinthium

Habit

perennial shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	spirally	Greenish-grey above and white below, covered with silky silvery-white trichomes and bearing minute oil-producing glands

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	pale yellow	5	tubular, and clustered in spherical bent-down heads, which are in turn clustered in leafy and branched panicles

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
achene	seed dispersal is by gravity	It grows naturally on uncultivated, arid ground, on rocky slopes, and at the edge of footpaths and fields	With hooked hairs	many	{{{6}}}

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

• Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

The genus Artemisia includes a large number of species and some have been cultivated as commercial crops with a wide diversity of uses

Commonly seen growing in areas

temperate, northern Africa, western Asia.

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