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Eleusine corocana - Madhulīkā

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{{stub}}The drug consists of dried root of [[File:Eleusine corocana coracana (L.) Gaertn. (Fam2934263357). Poaceae), jpg|thumb|right|''Madhulīkā'']] '''Finger millet''' is an erect, stout, annual grass, cultivated throughout plant widely grown as a cereal in the arid areas of Africa and Asia. Finger millet is originally native to the Ethiopian Highlands and was introduced into Indiaapproximately 4000 years ago.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Biliousness}}, {{Uses|Hepatitis}}, {{Uses|Leprosy}}, {{Uses|Liver disease}}, {{Uses|Measles}}, {{Uses|Pleurisy}}, {{Uses|Pneumonia}}, {{Uses|Small pox}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Annual grass}}
==Identification==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pinkPink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong Oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds Seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
*[[Amlapittāntaka Modaka]], [[Amṛta Guggulu]], [[Aṣvagandhādi Leha]]
==Where to get the saplings==
*[[Amlapittāntaka Modaka]], [[Amṛta Guggulu]], [[Aṣvagandhādi Leha]]
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Finger millet cam be grown successfully from the temperate zone to the tropics, succeeding in arid to humid environments and also at higher elevations than most other cereal crops.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Savannah land}}, {{Commonly seen|Grassland}}.
==Photo Gallery==
 
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Eleusine coracana (DITSL).jpg|Leaves
File:Nachani (Marathi- नाचणी) (2934265801).jpg|Grains
File:Ragi (Eleusine coracana) BNC (cropped).png|Seeds
</gallery>
<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">[ http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Eleusine+coracana Cultivation details]</ref><ref name="Cultivation detailKarnataka Medicinal Plants"]>”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.1117, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
*[https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Eleusine_coracana.html Eleusine corocana on purdue.edu]*[http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/e/eleusine-coracana=finger-millet.php Eleusine corocana on medicinal herbs.net]*[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Eleusine+coracana Eleusine corocana on pfaf.org]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Poaceae]]

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