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Plantago major
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Plantago major is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. The plant is native to most of Europe and northern and central Asia, but has widely naturalised elsewhere in the world. Indian mangrove is an evergreen shrub or tree, usually growing 8 - 18 metres tall but exceptionally to 25 metres.
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
Irritable bowel syndrome, Diarrhea, Constipation, Hemorrhoids.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Among the flavonoids isolated are baicalein, hispidulin, plantaginin and scutellarein. These have free radical scavenging activity and inhibit lipid peroxidation, and the first 3 are anti-oxidants. Baicalein has anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic and hepatoprotective activities, it showed inhibition of human and rat cancer cell lines, and it is a HIV-reverse transcriptase inhibitor in vitro.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Ipati |
| Hindi | NA |
| Malayalam | Orayi |
| Tamil | Venkantal |
| Telugu | Tella mada |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | Baklananjhad |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Sagarodbhutah |
| English | Indian Mangrove |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Guna
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
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
How to plant/cultivate
A plant of the moist to wet tropics and subtropics, where it is always found at around sea-level near the coast.[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Plantago_major_(PROTA)[Chemistry]
- ↑ [Morphology]
- ↑ Cultivation
External Links
- Pages that are stubs
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Irritable bowel syndrome
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Diarrhea
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Constipation
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Hemorrhoids
- Herbs with Seeds used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Gujarathi
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Shrub
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Trophical areas
- Herbs
- Pages without herbs images
