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 "Eleusine corocana - Madhulīkā"
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
The drug consists of dried root of Eleusine corocana (L.) Gaertn. (Fam. Poaceae), an erect, stout, annual grass, cultivated throughout India. | The drug consists of dried root of Eleusine corocana (L.) Gaertn. (Fam. Poaceae), an erect, stout, annual grass, cultivated throughout India. | ||
==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
| − | {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}. | + | {{Uses|Fevers}}, {{Uses|Biliousness}}, {{Uses|Hepatitis}}, {{Uses|Leprosy}}, {{Uses|Liver disease}}, {{Uses|Measles}}, {{Uses|Pleurisy}}, {{Uses|Pneumonia}}, {{Uses|Small pox}}. |
==Parts Used== | ==Parts Used== | ||
| − | {{Parts Used| | + | {{Parts Used|Seeds}}. |
==Chemical Composition== | ==Chemical Composition== | ||
| Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
==Habit== | ==Habit== | ||
| − | {{Habit|}} | + | {{Habit|Annual grass}} |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
==Mode of Propagation== | ==Mode of Propagation== | ||
| − | {{Propagation|}} | + | {{Propagation|Seeds}} |
==How to plant/cultivate== | ==How to plant/cultivate== | ||
| − | <ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> | + | Finger millet cam be grown successfully from the temperate zone to the tropics, succeeding in arid to humid environments and also at higher elevations than most other cereal crops.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> |
==Commonly seen growing in areas== | ==Commonly seen growing in areas== | ||
| − | {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}. | + | {{Commonly seen|Savannah land}}, {{Commonly seen|Upland grassland}}. |
| + | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
| − | |||
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px"> | <gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px"> | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| Line 65: | Line 65: | ||
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14</ref> | <ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14</ref> | ||
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref> | <ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref> | ||
| − | <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation detail"]</ref> | + | <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Eleusine+coracana"Cultivation detail"]</ref> |
</references> | </references> | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | + | *[https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Eleusine_coracana.html] | |
| + | *[http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/e/eleusine-coracana=finger-millet.php] | ||
| + | *[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Eleusine+coracana[ | ||
[[Category:Herbs]] | [[Category:Herbs]] | ||
Revision as of 11:08, 16 October 2018
This page is a stub. Learn how you can help expanding it.
The drug consists of dried root of Eleusine corocana (L.) Gaertn. (Fam. Poaceae), an erect, stout, annual grass, cultivated throughout India.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Fevers, Biliousness, Hepatitis, Leprosy, Liver disease, Measles, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Small pox.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Flavonoids, orientin, isoorientin, vitexin, isovitexin, violanthin, lucenin-1, tricin, keto acids; polysaccharide and the free sugars, β-sitosterol glucoside.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Raagi |
| Hindi | Manduaa, Makaraa, Raagi |
| Malayalam | Muttari, Raagi |
| Tamil | Raagi, Kejhavaragu |
| Telugu | Raagulu, Tagidelu |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Rāgī, Madhūli |
| English | Finger Millet, Ragi |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Tikta, Madhura, Kaṣāya
Guna
Laghu
Veerya
Śīta
Vipaka
Madhura
Karma
Pittahara, Raktadoṣahara, Vṛḍya, Rasāyana
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Paripinnate | Oblong | Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral |
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
How to plant/cultivate
Finger millet cam be grown successfully from the temperate zone to the tropics, succeeding in arid to humid environments and also at higher elevations than most other cereal crops.[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Savannah land, Upland grassland.
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14
- ↑ [ "Morphology"]
- ↑ "Cultivation detail"
External Links
Categories:
- Pages that are stubs
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Fevers
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Biliousness
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Hepatitis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Leprosy
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Liver disease
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Measles
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Pleurisy
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Pneumonia
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Small pox
- Herbs with Seeds used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Annual grass
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Savannah land
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Upland grassland
- Herbs
