Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.

Difference between revisions of "Stellaria media - Chickweed"

From Ayurwiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(→‎List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used)
 
(13 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
{{stub}}
 
−
 
 
[[File:StellariaMedia001.JPG|thumb|right|''Stellaria media'', ''Chickweed'']]
 
[[File:StellariaMedia001.JPG|thumb|right|''Stellaria media'', ''Chickweed'']]
−
 
+
'''Stellaria media''', is a cool-season annual plant native to Europe, but naturalized in many parts of North America.  
−
'''Chickweed''', '''Stellaria media''', is a cool-season annual plant native to Europe, but naturalized in many parts of North America. It is used as a cooling herbal remedy, and grown as a vegetable crop and ground cover for both human consumption and poultry. It is sometimes called common chickweed to distinguish it from other plants called chickweed. Other common names include chickenwort, craches, maruns, winterweed. The plant germinates in autumn or late winter, then forms large mats of foliage. Flowers are small and white, followed quickly by the seed pods. This plant flowers and sets seed at the same time.
 
  
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
−
{{Uses|bronchitis}}, {{Uses|pleurisy}}, {{Uses|gastritis}}, {{Uses|asthma}}, {{Uses|sore throat}}, {{Uses|boils}}, {{Uses|wounds}}, {{Uses|itching}}, {{Uses|hemorrhoids}}<ref name="Uses"/>
+
{{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Pleurisy}}, {{Uses|Gastritis}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Sore throat}}, {{Uses|Boils}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Itching}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}
  
 
==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==
Line 15: Line 12:
  
 
==Common names==
 
==Common names==
−
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
+
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=Buch-bucha|en=Chickweed}}
 +
 
 +
==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==
Line 33: Line 46:
  
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
−
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
 
  
 
==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Where to get the saplings==
Line 43: Line 55:
  
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
−
{{Commonly seen|lawns}}, {{Commonly seen|cultivated fields}}, {{Commonly seen|pastures}}.
+
{{Commonly seen|At Lawns}}, {{Commonly seen|Cultivated fields}}, {{Commonly seen|Pasture areas}}.
  
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
 
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
−
File:Odermennig.jpg
+
File:Chickweed (aka).jpg
−
File:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
+
File:Chickweed (2560845253).jpg
−
 
+
File:Common chickweed (25029358263).jpg
−
Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg
+
File:Common chickweed (25537389872).jpg
 +
File:Common chickweed (25537373782).jpg
 +
File:Chickweed - Stellaria media (9642737225).jpg
 +
File:Chick Weed (4934782026).jpg
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
Line 56: Line 71:
  
 
<references>  
 
<references>  
−
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.mdidea.com/products/proper/proper08902.html "botonical description"]</ref>
+
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.mdidea.com/products/proper/proper08902.html "Botonical description"]</ref>
  
−
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.ediblewildfood.com/chickweed.aspx "cheeck weed"]</ref>
+
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.ediblewildfood.com/chickweed.aspx "Distinguishing Features"]</ref>
  
−
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Stellaria+media "practical palnts"]</ref>
+
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Stellaria+media "Cultivation details"]</ref>
 
</references>
 
</references>
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
−
* [https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/plants/plants/chickweed]
+
* [https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/plants/plants/chickweed chickweed Description]
−
* [http://hartonweb.com/nsp-herbs/goodhealthherbs.com/?sn=220-2]
+
* [http://hartonweb.com/nsp-herbs/goodhealthherbs.com/?sn=220-2 chickweed as a Good Health Herbs]
−
* [http://identifythatplant.com/stellaria-chickweed-species/]
+
* [http://identifythatplant.com/stellaria-chickweed-species/ Stellaria media on identifythatplant ]
−
* [http://foragedfoodie.blogspot.in/2016/03/foraging-identifying-chickweed.html]
+
* [http://foragedfoodie.blogspot.in/2016/03/foraging-identifying-chickweed.html Foraging Identifying Wild Edible Chickweed]
−
* [http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/common_chickweed_26/]
+
* [http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/common_chickweed_26/S Stellaria mediaon on msuturf weeds.]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 +
[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]

Latest revision as of 14:14, 13 June 2019

Stellaria media, Chickweed

Stellaria media, is a cool-season annual plant native to Europe, but naturalized in many parts of North America.

Uses

Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Gastritis, Asthma, Sore throat, Boils, Wounds, Itching, Hemorrhoids

Parts Used

Seeds, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

The anthraquinones emodin, parietin (physcion) and questin, the flavonoid kaempferol-3,7-O-α-L-dirhamnoside, the phytosterols β-sitosterol and daucosterol, and the fatty alcohol 1-hexacosanol can be found in S. media.[12] Other flavonoid constituents are apigenin 6-C-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-8-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-8-C-beta-D-galactopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-8-C-beta-L-arabinopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-8-C-beta-D-galactopyranoside, apigenin 6, 8-di-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi Buch-bucha
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Chickweed


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

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple oval Chickweed leaves are oval with pointed tips that are smooth or slightly hairy

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual small white 5 petals these are produced at the tips of stems and in angles between branches

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
oval An oval, one-celled capsule, whitish in color, containing numerous seeds whitish numerous seeds {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

A very easily grown plant, it prefers a moist soil and a position in full sun or partial shade[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

At Lawns, Cultivated fields, Pasture areas.

Photo Gallery

  • Chickweed (aka).jpg
  • Chickweed (2560845253).jpg
  • Common chickweed (25029358263).jpg
  • Common chickweed (25537389872).jpg
  • Common chickweed (25537373782).jpg
  • Chickweed - Stellaria media (9642737225).jpg
  • Chick Weed (4934782026).jpg

References

  1. ↑ "Botonical description"
  2. ↑ "Distinguishing Features"
  3. ↑ "Cultivation details"

External Links

Retrieved from "https://ayurwiki.org/index.php?title=Stellaria_media_-_Chickweed&oldid=40627"