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Potentilla anserina - Silverweed

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Identification
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[[File:Argentina egedii 2834.JPG|thumb|right|''Argentina anserina'', ''Silverweed'']]
 '''Silverweed''' or '''Argentina anserina''' is a synonym of Potentilla anserina L., the accepted name of a perennial flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It is known by the common names "'''silverweed"''', common silverweed or silverweed cinquefoil. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, often on river shores and in grassy habitats such as meadows and road-sides.
==Uses==
{{Uses|pilesPiles}}, {{Uses|diarrhoeaDiarrhoea}}, {{Uses|ulcersUlcers}}, {{Uses|haemorrhoidsHaemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|painful Painful area}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}.
==Parts Used==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Silverweed, Argentine, Crampweed, Goosewort, Moon grass}}
==Properties==
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata, Pitta
===Prabhava===
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|compoundCompound|Leaf arrangement is basal i.e the leaves are growing only at the base of the plant}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|generalGeneral|Up to 2.5 mm|the The fruit is dry but does not split open when ripe|With hooked hairs|manyMany}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
==Where to get the saplings==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Ditches}}, {{Commonly seen|moist Moist calcareous soils}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Argentina anserina (36573779475).jpg|<center>Bud</center>File:Argentina anserina 2.JPG|<center>Flower</center>File:Argentina anserina 4.JPG|<center>Leaves</center>File:Potentilla anserina 001.JPG|<center>Whole herb</center>File:Aran7 002 lhp.jpg|SeedFile:Potentilla anserina 'silver weed' 2007-06-02 (plant).jpg|Whole plant
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235927094_Chemical_diversity_of_silverweed_Potentilla_anserina_L_growing_at_the_edges_of_arable_fields_Plant_Breeding_And_Seed_Science "Chemical diversity"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/argentina/anserina/ "Characteristics"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Argentina+anserina "Cultivation details"]</ref>
</references>
* [http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/1/224/htm Phenolic Profile of Potentilla anserina L]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Rosaceae]]

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