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'''Svarnakshiri''', Argemone mexicana is an erect, branched, annual to perennial plant with prickly stems and leaves, growing around 60cm tall. The plant has a wide range of traditional medicinal applications and also provides an oil.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Malaria}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Worm infestation}}, {{Uses|Blood disorders}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Seed}}, {{Parts Used|Latex}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=arasina-ummatta, huttchu brahmadandi, mulludaturi|ml=kantankattiri, ponnummattu|sa= canaksiri, haimavathi, katuparni, svarnakshiri|ta=cirikalakantam, cetikkurukku, kurukkamceti, ponnummattai|te=balu rakkisa, kusumapala, pichy kusama chettu|hi=bharband, satayanasi, shialkanta|en=Prickly Poppy}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha(Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves alternate, 12-30 x 4-10 cm, dissected, semi-amplexicaule, membranous, margins spiny, midrib thick. Sap yellow}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal, solitary|Pale yellow|many| 4.5 cm across, yellow; sepals 2-3; petals 4-6; stamens many; ovary 1 celled, ovules many, stigma 5- lobed. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|4 x 2cm|oblong, spiny, dehiscing apically downwards; seeds rugose.||}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Starr 080415-4028 Argemone mexicana.jpg
File:Starr 080415-4033 Argemone mexicana.jpg
File:Argemone maxicana in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 1102.jpg
File:Starr 080415-4041 Argemone mexicana.jpg
File:Argemone mexicana in Yercaud, India.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/03/13/argemone-mexicana-uses-side-effects-research/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Argemone+mexicana]
* [https://www.astrogle.com/ayurveda/swarna-ksheeri-argemone-mexicana-usage-health-benefits.html]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Herb]]
'''Svarnakshiri''', Argemone mexicana is an erect, branched, annual to perennial plant with prickly stems and leaves, growing around 60cm tall. The plant has a wide range of traditional medicinal applications and also provides an oil.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Malaria}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Worm infestation}}, {{Uses|Blood disorders}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Seed}}, {{Parts Used|Latex}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=arasina-ummatta, huttchu brahmadandi, mulludaturi|ml=kantankattiri, ponnummattu|sa= canaksiri, haimavathi, katuparni, svarnakshiri|ta=cirikalakantam, cetikkurukku, kurukkamceti, ponnummattai|te=balu rakkisa, kusumapala, pichy kusama chettu|hi=bharband, satayanasi, shialkanta|en=Prickly Poppy}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha(Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves alternate, 12-30 x 4-10 cm, dissected, semi-amplexicaule, membranous, margins spiny, midrib thick. Sap yellow}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal, solitary|Pale yellow|many| 4.5 cm across, yellow; sepals 2-3; petals 4-6; stamens many; ovary 1 celled, ovules many, stigma 5- lobed. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|4 x 2cm|oblong, spiny, dehiscing apically downwards; seeds rugose.||}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Starr 080415-4028 Argemone mexicana.jpg
File:Starr 080415-4033 Argemone mexicana.jpg
File:Argemone maxicana in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 1102.jpg
File:Starr 080415-4041 Argemone mexicana.jpg
File:Argemone mexicana in Yercaud, India.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/03/13/argemone-mexicana-uses-side-effects-research/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Argemone+mexicana]
* [https://www.astrogle.com/ayurveda/swarna-ksheeri-argemone-mexicana-usage-health-benefits.html]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Herb]]
