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Jufa, Hyssopus officinalis, hyssop

Jufa is a herbaceous plant of the genus Hyssopus femily. and it is native to Southern Europe, the Middle East, and the region surrounding the Caspian Sea.

Uses

Anxiety, Lower blood pressure, Colic, Liver disorders, Asthma, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Diarrhea, Common cold

Parts Used

Flowers, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Volatile oil ,Pinocamphone, Isopinocamphone, Pinenes, Camphene, and terpinene,Hyssopin, Tannin, Flavonoids, Insolic acid, Oleonolic acid, a bitter substance (marrubiin), resin, gum^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Hyssop

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple		leaves are lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets and Leaf arrangement is opposite

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	blue to purple	5	there is only one way to evenly divide the flower

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
general	2.5 mm	the fruit is dry but does not split open when ripe		many	{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

It is an evergreen, bushy herb, growing 1 to 2 feet high, with square stem, linear leaves and flowers in whorls, six- to fifteen-flowered. Is a native of Southern Europe not indigenous to Britain, though stated to be naturalized on the ruins of Beaulieu Abbey in the New Forest. Seed - sow spring in a cold frame and only just cover the seed. Very easy, the seed germinates quickly^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Mediterranean region, Temperate area, Widely cultivated area.

Photo Gallery

A Guixers (Solsonès-Catalunya)
A Guixers (Solsonès-Catalunya)
Port del Comte (Solsonès - Catalunya)

References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] "constituents"

[Leaf-2] "plant charecteristics"

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] "cultivation"

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 ==How to plant/cultivate==
-It is an evergreen, bushy herb, growing 1 to 2 feet high, with square stem, linear leaves and flowers in whorls, six- to fifteen-flowered. Is a native of Southern Europe not indigenous to Britain, though stated to be naturalized on the ruins of Beaulieu Abbey in the New Forest<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
+It is an evergreen, bushy herb, growing 1 to 2 feet high, with square stem, linear leaves and flowers in whorls, six- to fifteen-flowered. Is a native of Southern Europe not indigenous to Britain, though stated to be naturalized on the ruins of Beaulieu Abbey in the New Forest. Seed - sow spring in a cold frame and only just cover the seed. Very easy, the seed germinates quickly<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
 ==Commonly seen growing in areas==