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Phyla nodiflora - Jalapippalī
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Jalapippalī consists of the dried whole plant of Phyla nodiflora Greene syn. Lippia nodiflora Mich. (Fam. Verbenaceae) a small creeping perennial herb found commonly in sandy wet, grassy places along bunds of irrigation channels, canal edges and river banks almost throughout greater part of India and up to 900 m on the hills.
Uses
Blenorrhoea, Lithiasis, Ischuria, Constipation, Pain in the knees, Hookworm, Gastric troubles, Fever, Cough, Cold, Swollen cervical glands, Erysipelas, Burns.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Flavonoids namely nodiflorin A and nodiflorin B, nodifloretin, lippiflorins A and B.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Nelahippali |
| Hindi | Jalpipali, Panisigaa, Bhuiokaraa |
| Malayalam | Nirtippali, Podutalai |
| Tamil | Potuttali |
| Telugu | Bokkena |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Jalapippalikā, Toyavallarī, śaradī, Matsyādanī, Matsyagandhā |
| English | Purple Lippia |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Tikta, Kaṣāya, Kaṭu
Guna
Rūkṣa, Tīkṣṇa
Veerya
Śīta
Vipaka
Kaṭu
Karma
Pittahara, Kaphahara, Mūtrala, Jvaraghna, Śukrala, Mukhaṣodhanī, Dīpana, Hṛdya, Cakṣuṣya, Rucya, Viṣaghna
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | Opposite | Leaves 1-3 x 0.8-1.5 cm, obovate-spathulate or oblanceolate, sometimes elliptic or cuneiform, base cuneate, margin sharply serrate above the middle, apex rounded or obtuse, fleshy, glabrescent to appressed pubescent; petiole to 8 mm long, decurrent. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisexual | Axillary spikes | white-pink | 4 | Flowers 5-merous, sessile, aggregated in axillary, globose-capitate or elongate, cylindric, stalked spikes, 1-2.5 cm long when mature and 6-9 mm across; peduncle solitary in eachaxil, 1.5-6 cm long. Bracts small, closely imbricate, obovate. Calyx cupular, aboutequalling the corolla tube, deeply 2-cleft; lobes lanceolate. Corolla pink to white, 2-2.5 mm long, salver-form, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, emarginate, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, included. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drupe | 2 mm long | enclosing two, 1-celled pyrenes. |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Phyla nodiflora succeeds in a wide range of habitats from the subtropics to the tropics. Succeeds in any well-drained soil in a sunny position[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
Leaves
Flowers
Flowers
Flowers
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References
- ↑ The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14
- ↑ "Morphology"
- ↑ "Cultivation detail"
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Blenorrhoea
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Lithiasis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Ischuria
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Constipation
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Pain in the knees
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Hookworm
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Gastric troubles
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Fever
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cough
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cold
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Swollen cervical glands
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Erysipelas
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Burns
- Herbs with Leaves 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 plant
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Stem cuttings
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Stream banks
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Grassy places
- Herbs
- Verbenaceae
