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'''Jalapippalī''' consists of the dried whole plant of Phyla nodiflora Greene syn. Lippia nodiflora Mich. (Fam. Verbenaceae) a small creeping perennial herb found commonly in sandy wet, grassy places along bunds of irrigation channels, canal edges and river banks almost throughout greater part of India and up to 900 m on the hills.
 
'''Jalapippalī''' consists of the dried whole plant of Phyla nodiflora Greene syn. Lippia nodiflora Mich. (Fam. Verbenaceae) a small creeping perennial herb found commonly in sandy wet, grassy places along bunds of irrigation channels, canal edges and river banks almost throughout greater part of India and up to 900 m on the hills.
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
{{Uses|Blenorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Lithiasis}}, {{Uses|Ischuria}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Pain in the knees}}, {{Uses|Hookworm}}, {{Uses|Gastric troubles}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Coughs}}, {{Uses|Cold}}, {{Uses|Swollen cervical glands}}, {{Uses|Erysipelas}}, {{Uses|Burns}}.
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{{Uses|Blenorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Lithiasis}}, {{Uses|Ischuria}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Pain in the knees}}, {{Uses|Hookworm}}, {{Uses|Gastric troubles}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Cold}}, {{Uses|Swollen cervical glands}}, {{Uses|Erysipelas}}, {{Uses|Burns}}.
  
 
==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==

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Jalapippalī consists of the dried whole plant of Phyla nodiflora Greene syn. Lippia nodiflora Mich. (Fam. Verbenaceae) a small creeping perennial herb found commonly in sandy wet, grassy places along bunds of irrigation channels, canal edges and river banks almost throughout greater part of India and up to 900 m on the hills.

Uses

Blenorrhoea, Lithiasis, Ischuria, Constipation, Pain in the knees, Hookworm, Gastric troubles, Fever, Cough, Cold, Swollen cervical glands, Erysipelas, Burns.

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Flavonoids namely nodiflorin A and nodiflorin B, nodifloretin, lippiflorins A and B.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Nelahippali
Hindi Jalpipali, Panisigaa, Bhuiokaraa
Malayalam Nirtippali, Podutalai
Tamil Potuttali
Telugu Bokkena
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Jalapippalikā, Toyavallarī, śaradī, Matsyādanī, Matsyagandhā
English Purple Lippia


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, Kaṣāya, Kaṭu

Guna

Rūkṣa, Tīkṣṇa

Veerya

Śīta

Vipaka

Kaṭu

Karma

Pittahara, Kaphahara, Mūtrala, Jvaraghna, Śukrala, Mukhaṣodhanī, Dīpana, Hṛdya, Cakṣuṣya, Rucya, Viṣaghna

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial plant

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Paripinnate Oblong Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long pink Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
oblong pod Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled seeds upto 5 Fruiting throughout the year

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds,Stem cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Phyla nodiflora succeeds in a wide range of habitats from the subtropics to the tropics. Succeeds in any well-drained soil in a sunny position[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Warmer areas of China, Stream banks, Grassy places.

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References

  1. The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14
  2. [ "Morphology"]
  3. "Cultivation detail"

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