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[[File:Img 0717 garden cress.jpg|thumb|right|''Charmahantri'', ''Garden cress'']]
 
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'''Charmahantri''' is also known as Garden cress, mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepperwort pepper grass, chandrashura or poor man's pepper. Garden cress is genetically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavor and aroma.
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Counter gout}}, {{Uses|Skin deseases}}, {{Uses|Diabates}}, {{Uses|Scurvy}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Blood pressure}}.
  
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Charmahantri is also known as Garden cress, mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepperwort pepper grass, chandrashura or poor man's pepper. Garden cress is genetically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavor and aroma.
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
  
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== Description ==
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==Chemical Composition==
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Atropine sulphate, carbachol (CCh), dicyclomine, isoprenaline, verapamil, and rolipram were purchased from Sigma Chemicals Company, St. Louis, MO, USA.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
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This annual plant can reach a height of 60 cm (~24 inches), with many branches on the upper part. The white to pinkish flowers are only 2 mm (1/12 of an inch) across, clustered in branched racemes.
 
  
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When consumed raw, cress is a high-nutrient food containing substantial content of [[Vitamin A]],[[Vitamin C]] and K and several dietary minerals.
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn= ಅಲ್ಲಿಬೀಜ Allibeeja, ಕುರ್ಟಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ Kurtige gida|ml=Asali|sa=Ahaleeva, Asalika|ta=Aali, Aalividai|te=Aadithyalu, Aandilee|hi=Akalam, Candsur|en=Common cress, Garden cress|mr=Ahaliv}}<ref name="Common names"/>
  
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== Uses ==
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Dravya===
  
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*Garden cress is added to soups, sandwiches and salads for its tangy flavor. It is also eaten as sprouts, and the fresh or dried seed pods can be used as a peppery seasoning
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===Rasa===
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*Garden cress, known as chandrashoor, and the seeds, known as halloon in India, are commonly used in the system of Ayurveda.
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Katu (pungent)
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*It is used in lactating mothers to improve breast milk production.<ref name="uses" />
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===Guna===
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*It is used in treating amenorrhoea and irregular menstrual cycles.
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Laghu (lightness), Rooksha (dryness), Teekshna (strong, piercing)
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===Veerya===
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Ushna (Hot potency)
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===Vipaka===
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Katu (pungent)
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===Karma===
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Kapha, Vata
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===Prabhava===
  
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==Common name==
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Annual plant}}
  
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* '''English''' - Garden Cress
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==Identification==
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* '''Kannada''' - ಅಲವಿ ಬೀಜ
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===Leaf===
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* '''Hindi''' - Chandrashoor
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{{Leaf|Pinnate/Pinnatifid|Alternate|Basal leaves long-petioled, irregularly pinnatifid, drying early; cauline ones sessile, pinnate, less incised with oblong-linear segments, sparsely pubescent with simple hairs; upper ones linear, entire.}} <ref name="Leaf"/>
  
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== References ==
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal and axillary racemes|White|6|Pedicels cylindric, ascending or subappressed, to 3.5 mm long in fruit, glabrous. Sepals 1.5-1.75 mm long, sparsely pubescent outside. Petals spathulate, somewhat clawed, 2.5-2.75 mm long, sometimes reddish and distinctly nerved.}}
  
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===Fruit===
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<ref name="uses">[http://easyayurveda.com/2015/03/20/garden-cress-lepidium-sativum-uses-side-effects-research/ "Easyayurveda"]</ref>
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{{Fruit|Silicula| 5-6 x 3-5 mm across||Compressed, keeled at the back, apex emarginate and broadly winged, glabrous, style about 0.2-0.5 mm long.}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Dhanwatararishtam]]
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* [[Vat Vidhwans ras]]
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* [[Chaturbeeja churna]]
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<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils. For the best results, however, it requires a moist soil and also some shade during the summer to prevent it going straight to seed.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Temperate area}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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Image:Lepidium sativum vdg.jpg
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Image:Gartenkresse.jpg|young plants
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Image:Img 0717 garden cress.jpg|cultivated for salad
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File:Garden Cress.jpg
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File:Rzeżucha 2009 r. 022.jpg
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Image:Cress keyboard-3 sprouting other side.jpg
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Image:Cress keyboard-3 sprouting top.jpg
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Image:Gartenkresse_bl%C3%BChend.JPG|abloom with first seeds
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File:Lepidium sativum 2019-05-04 2820.jpg|Leaves
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File:Lepidium sativum L. (2561100612).jpg|Flowers
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File:Lepidium.sativum.seeds.jpg|Seeds
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>  
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<ref name="Common names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/l/lepidium-sativum Common names]</ref>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2012/596524/ Pharmacology]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230206 Plant Description]</ref>
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<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/03/20/garden-cress-lepidium-sativum-uses-side-effects-research/ Ayurvedic preparations]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lepidium+sativum Cultivation]</ref>
 
</references>
 
</references>
  
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== External Links ==
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==External Links==
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* [http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/7bf727aed935d379bd4a38a82fd6a4cc/c277edcdf97b862326c170454da90d94 Lepidium sativum on envis centre on medicinal plants]
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_cress Garden cress-Wikipedia]
 
  
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* [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=fgVLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA264&lpg=PA264&dq=Charmahantri+plants&source=bl&ots=5ERws-2-qy&sig=uMsiJOAjn_q5KP3UEE-D37XE4bo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdq5ncr8HaAhWBNo8KHRUADgkQ6AEIRDAD#v=onepage&q=Charmahantri%20plants&f=false Lepidium sativum on Charmahantri plants ]
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* [https://easyayurveda.com/2015/03/20/garden-cress-lepidium-sativum-uses-side-effects-research/  Lepidium sativum-uses, side effects]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
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[[Category:Brassicaceae]]

Latest revision as of 10:03, 19 June 2020

Charmahantri, Garden cress

Charmahantri is also known as Garden cress, mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepperwort pepper grass, chandrashura or poor man's pepper. Garden cress is genetically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavor and aroma.

Uses

Asthma, Cough, Snakebites, Counter gout, Skin deseases, Diabates, Scurvy, Diarrhea, Blood pressure.

Parts Used

Seeds, Roots, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Atropine sulphate, carbachol (CCh), dicyclomine, isoprenaline, verapamil, and rolipram were purchased from Sigma Chemicals Company, St. Louis, MO, USA.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಅಲ್ಲಿಬೀಜ Allibeeja, ಕುರ್ಟಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ Kurtige gida
Hindi Akalam, Candsur
Malayalam Asali
Tamil Aali, Aalividai
Telugu Aadithyalu, Aandilee
Marathi Ahaliv
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Ahaleeva, Asalika
English Common cress, Garden cress

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Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Katu (pungent)

Guna

Laghu (lightness), Rooksha (dryness), Teekshna (strong, piercing)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot potency)

Vipaka

Katu (pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Annual plant

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Pinnate/Pinnatifid Alternate Basal leaves long-petioled, irregularly pinnatifid, drying early; cauline ones sessile, pinnate, less incised with oblong-linear segments, sparsely pubescent with simple hairs; upper ones linear, entire.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Terminal and axillary racemes White 6 Pedicels cylindric, ascending or subappressed, to 3.5 mm long in fruit, glabrous. Sepals 1.5-1.75 mm long, sparsely pubescent outside. Petals spathulate, somewhat clawed, 2.5-2.75 mm long, sometimes reddish and distinctly nerved.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Silicula 5-6 x 3-5 mm across Compressed, keeled at the back, apex emarginate and broadly winged, glabrous, style about 0.2-0.5 mm long. {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

[4]

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils. For the best results, however, it requires a moist soil and also some shade during the summer to prevent it going straight to seed.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Temperate area, Tropical area.

Photo Gallery

  • Lepidium sativum vdg.jpg

  • young plants

  • cultivated for salad

  • Garden Cress.jpg
  • Rzeżucha 2009 r. 022.jpg
  • Cress keyboard-3 sprouting other side.jpg
  • Cress keyboard-3 sprouting top.jpg

  • abloom with first seeds

  • Leaves

  • Flowers

  • Seeds

References

  1. ↑ Pharmacology
  2. ↑ Common names
  3. ↑ Plant Description
  4. ↑ Ayurvedic preparations
  5. ↑ Cultivation

External Links

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