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Apium leptophyllum - Ajamoda

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Ajamoda consists of dried, aromatic fruits of Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F. V. M. ex Benth. (Fam. Umbelliferae); an annual herb cultivated in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka; collected by thrashing plants on a mat and dried in shade or in drying sheds[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Oma, Ajavana, Omakki
Hindi NA
Malayalam Ayamodakum, Omam
Tamil Omam
Telugu Naranji vamu
Marathi Ajmoda, Oova
Gujarathi Bodi Ajamo, Ajamo
Punjabi Valjawain, Ajmod
Kashmiri Fakhazur, Banjuan
Sanskrit Deepyaka,
English


Chemical Composition

Essential oil and fixed oil etc.

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Katu (Pungent), Tikta

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)

Veerya

Ushna (heat)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kaphahara, Vatahara, Deepana, Hridya, Vidahi, Krimijit, shoolaghna

Prabhava

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 03.

See also

External Links

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