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[[File:Davana-Dried.jpg|200px|thumb|right|''Dried davana plant used as aromatic bouquet.'']]'''Artemisia pallens''' is an aromatic herb in genus of small herbs. The flowers are racemose panicles, bear numerous small yellow flower heads or capitula, but the silvery white silky covering of down gives the foliage a grey or white appearance.==Uses=={{Uses|Dry skin}}, {{Uses|Endocrine system}}, {{Uses|Cramping}}, {{Uses|Nausea}}, {{Uses|Fatigue}}, {{Uses|Pelvic pain}}
== Uses Chemical Composition==Davana essential oil comprises of davanone, a major sesquiterpene ketone and other essential components such as linalool, dehydro-a-linalool, terpinen-4 oil, isodavanone, nordavanone, davanafurans, methyl cinnamate, ethyl cinnamate, bicyclogermacrene, davana ether, 2-hydroxyisodavanone, and farnesol.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
== External Links Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===
===Rasa=== ===Guna=== ===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Traditional herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Alteranate|The leaves are grayish silver, each leaf is devided into smaller segment}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5|The Flower heads of davana are small and yellow. Flowering from March to April}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|||Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs||Fruting from March to April}} ===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==The land is prepared to good tilth by ploughing, harrowing and levelling.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|Meadows}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Artemisia_absinthium_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-164.jpg|<center>Leaves</center>File:Artemisia_herba-alba.jpg|<center><center>Hole plant</center>File:Artemisia arctica subsp. sachalinensis 1.JPG|<center>Flower</center>File:Artemisia californica01.jpg|<center>Stem</center>File:Artemisia campestris Ypey37.jpg|<center>Root</center></gallery> ==References==<references> <ref name="chemical composition">[http://ayurvedicoils.com/tag/chemical-constituents-of-davana-oil Chemical constituents]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[http://www.itslife.in/gardening/perennials/davana-artemisia-pallens Plant summary]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.ikisan.com/aromatic-plants-davana.html Cultivation]</ref></references> ==External Links==* [http://www.itslife.in/gardening/perennials/davana-artemisia-pallens Davana plant summary]* [http://agriinfo.in/default.aspx?page=topic&superid=2&topicid=1407 Package of Practices for Cultivation of Dawana]*[https://enwww.wikipediaslideshare.orgnet/wikishivanandhort/Artemisia_pallens Artemisia davana-ppt-by-shivanand-mr production Technology of davana]* [https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/davana-oil-artemisia-pallens-2264443055.html Description of Davana essential]
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