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Asteracantha longifolia
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Asteracantha longifolia is a source of the ayurvedic drug. The seeds are acrid, bitter, aphrodisiac, tonic, sedative, used for diseases of the blood.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
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Parts Used
[[:Category:Herbs with used in medicine|]], stem, leaves, Root.
Chemical Composition
The plant gave lupeol stignasteril and hydrocarbons, the seed gave sterols and the flowers have apegenin glucuronide.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | NA |
| Hindi | Kokolaksha |
| Malayalam | NA |
| Tamil | Nirmuli |
| Telugu | Nirugubbi |
| Marathi | Talimakhana |
| Gujarathi | Ekharo |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Iksuraka |
| English | Hygrophila |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Madhura(Sweet)
Guna
Guru(Heavy), Snigdha(Slimy)
Veerya
Sheeta(Cold)
Vipaka
Madhura(Sweet)
Karma
Vatapitta shamaka
Prabhava
Habit
[[:Category:Habit - |]]
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{{5}}} |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
[[:Category:Index of Plants which can be propagated by |]]
How to plant/cultivate
Commonly seen growing in areas
[[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]], [[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]], [[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]], [[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]], [[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]].
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ Chemical constituent
- ↑ ["morphology"]
- ↑ [ "Cultivation"]
External Links
- Pages that are stubs
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat
- Herbs with used in medicine
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- Herbs with leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Root used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Marathi
- Herbs with common name in Gujarathi
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit -
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of
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