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Coix lachryma jobi - Gavedhuka

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'''Gavedhuka''' consists of the dried root of Coix lachryma-jobi Linn. syn. C. lachryma Linn. (Fam. Gramineae), a perennial or annual grass found in India, widely distributed throughout the plains and warm slopes of hills upto 1500 m.
 
==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
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==Chemical Composition==
Benzoxazolinones, amino acids (leucine, tyrosine, histadin, arginine and coicin). <ref name="chemical composition"/>
 
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Manjutti|ml=Kaatugotampu, Kaakkappalunku|sa=Gavedhu, Gavedhuka|ta=Kaattukuntumani|te=Adaviguruginja|hi=Kasai, Garheduaa, Garahedu, Gargari|en=Adlay, Jobs tears}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Kaṭu, Madhura
===Guna===
Rūkṣa, Laghu
===Veerya===
Śīta
===Vipaka===
Kaṭu
===Karma===
Kaphahara, Pittahara, Mūtrala, Kārśnya
===Prabhava===
 
==Habit==
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==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
 
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
 
===Other features===
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* Viṣṇu Taila
 
==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Mode of Propagation==
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation detail"]</ref>
</references>
 
==External Links==
[[Category:Herbs]]

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