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[[File:Aerva lanata DSC 0047.jpg|thumb|right|''Aerva lanata'', ''Ashmahabhedah'']]
'''Ashmahabhedah''' or '''Aerva lanata''' is a common weed which grows wild everywhere in the plains of India. The root has a camphor-like aroma.<ref name="common"/> The dried flowers which look like soft spikes, are sold under the commercial names as Buikallan or Boor. It is one of the plants included in [[Dasapushpam]], the ten sacred flowers of '''''Kerala'''''.
== Uses =={{Uses|migraines}}, {{Uses|headaches}}, {{Uses|vomiting}}, {{Uses|piles}}, {{Uses|burning sensation}}, {{Uses|perspiration problems}}, {{Uses|burning sensation in the vagina}}. ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Root tubers}}. ==Chemical Composition==Atisine, Aconitine, Atisenol, Atidine, Hetisine, Hetisinone, Banzolheteratisine, Histidine, F-dihydroatisine, Heteratisine and Several diterpene alkaloids such aheterophyllin, heterophyllisin, heterophyllidine, and hetidine.<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=Ativisa|ml=Ativisam|sa=Ativisha|ta=Atividyam|te=Ati visa|hi=Atis|en=Indian Atees}} ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|glabrous|sessile|The leaves are variable in shape and size}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
==Common name=Other features===
== References Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Tuber segment}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==The more common species of Aconitum are generally those cultivated in gardens, especially hybrids. They typically thrive in well-drained evenly moist garden soils like the related hellebores and delphiniums, and can grow in the shade of trees.<referencesref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|western Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|open woodland}}, {{Commonly seen|moisty soil area}}. ==Photo Gallery==<ref namegallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="common140px">[httpsFile:Aconitum napellus01.jpg|File://npgswebAconitum-reclinatum01.jpg|Trailing white monkshood (''A.arsreclinatum)''File:Aconitum-grinuncinatum01.jpg|Southern blue monkshood (''A. uncinatum'')File:Alaskan Monkshood Leaf.jpg|Wild Alaskan monkshood (''A.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetaildelphinifolium'') is a flowering species that belongs to the family Ranunculaceae.aspx?101478 Aerva lanata]</ref></referencesgallery>
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