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Lippia alba - Bushy matgrass
Lippia alba is a species of Flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to southern Texas in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
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
heart problems, soothe tachycardia, cure fevers, stomach pain, cleanse the bladder, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
The plant contains an essential oil composed principally of dihydrocarvone. Other compounds include limonene, pinene, linalol, and camphor.
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | |
| Hindi | |
| Malayalam | |
| Tamil | |
| Telugu | |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | |
| English | Bushy Lippia, Bushy mat grass |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Guna
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| opposite | elliptic-oblong | Leaves are 4-9 x 2-4 cm, thick-chartaceous lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, the lowest pair longer and prominent, nerves impressed above, raised below, sparsely hairy above, softly pubescent below, base rounded to acute, margin serrate-crenate, apex acute; petiole to 1 cm |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ovate-lanceolate | 1.5 cm | pinkish-white | Stamens 4 | Flowers zygomorphic, 5-merous, subsessile, aggregated in elongate |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pear-shaped | 2 x 1.5 mm hard | Bushy Lippia is native of South America, naturalized in parts of India | With hooked hairs | 2-seeded | {{{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
Prefers a position in full sun in any moderately fertile, well-drained soil[2]
Commonly seen growing in areas
tropical, subtropical America, Argentina to southern N. America.
Photo Gallery
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References
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat heart problems
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat soothe tachycardia
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat cure fevers
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat stomach pain
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat cleanse the bladder
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Blotches
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Pimples
- 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 common name in English
- Habit - Aromatic 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 tropical
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of subtropical America
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Argentina to southern N. America
- Herbs
