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'''Ajagandhā ''' consists of the seeds of Cleome gynandra Linn. Syn. Gynandropsis gynandra (Linn.) Briquet (Fam. Capparidaceae); , a strong smelling, somewhat foetid herb, 0.6 - 1 m high, found abundantly throughout warmer parts of India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|}}, {{Uses|mouth sores}}, {{Uses|bleeding piles}}, {{Uses|leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Mild diabetes}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|physical weakness}}, {{Uses|ulcer}}, {{Uses|Urinary trouble}}, {{Uses|snakebite}}, {{Uses|infection in intestine}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Fixed oil, essential oil, oleoresin, Carotenoids, Cardiac glycosides, Cyanogenic Glycosides, Flavonoids, Saponins, Triterpenes, sugars, Tannins etc.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Naram bele Soppu, Nayeetulasi|ml=Atunari vela|sa=Ajagandha|ta=Nal valai, Nal velai|te=Vaminta, Vayinta|hi=Hulhul, Hurhur, Kavalia|en=Dog Mustard}}
==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 (Light), Ruksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (Cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kaphahara, Vatahara, Deepana, Hridya
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Annual Erect}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|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==
{{Propagation|}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Open areas}}, {{Commonly seen|waste places}}, {{Commonly seen|cultivated and uncultivated land}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf "chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 "morphology"]</ref>
</references>
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[[Category: Ayurvedic Pharmacopedia of India]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic MedicineHerbs]]
