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Artemisia - Indhana
Indhana or Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 and 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names for various species in the genus include mugwort, wormwood, and sagebrush. Artemisia species grow in temperate climates of both hemispheres, usually in dry or semiarid habitats.
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
Malaria, Cancer, Crohn’s Disease, salmonella, SIBO, bloated stomach, porphyria, Diarrhea, Sore throats
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
flavonoids, quercitin 3-glucoside, quercitin 3-rhamnoglucoside, spinacetin 3-glucoside, spinacetin 3-rhamnoglucoside, and others[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | urigattige, uruvalu |
| Hindi | vilayati afsantin |
| Malayalam | nilampala, shulabandha |
| Tamil | macipattiri, macippaccai |
| Telugu | moshipatri, tartiha |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Damar, indhana |
| English | Wormwood, bsinthium |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
Guna
Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)v
Veerya
Ushna (Hot)
Vipaka
Katu (Pungent)
Karma
Tridosha shamaka
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | spirally | Greenish-grey above and white below, covered with silky silvery-white trichomes and bearing minute oil-producing glands |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unisexual | 2-4cm long | pale yellow | 5 | tubular, and clustered in spherical bent-down heads, which are in turn clustered in leafy and branched panicles |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| achene | seed dispersal is by gravity | It grows naturally on uncultivated, arid ground, on rocky slopes, and at the edge of footpaths and fields | With hooked hairs | many | {{{6}}} |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
The genus Artemisia includes a large number of species and some have been cultivated as commercial crops with a wide diversity of uses[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
temperate, northern Africa, western Asia.
Photo Gallery
References
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Malaria
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cancer
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Crohn’s Disease
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat salmonella
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat SIBO
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat bloated stomach
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat porphyria
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Diarrhea
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Sore throats
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Flowers 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 - perennial shrub
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Cuttings
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of temperate
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of northern Africa
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of western Asia
- Herbs
