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[[File:Img 0717 garden cress.jpg|thumb|right|''Charmahantri'', ''Garden cress'']]
'''Charmahantri ''' is also known as Garden cress, mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepperwort pepper grass, chandrashura or poor man's pepper. Garden cress is genetically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavor and aroma.
==Uses==
{{Uses|AstamaAsthma}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Counter gout}}, {{Uses|Skin deseases}}, {{Uses|Diabates}}, {{Uses|Scurvy}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Blood pressure}}<ref name="Uses"/>.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|RootRoots}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Atropine sulphate, carbachol (CCh), dicyclomine, isoprenaline, verapamil, and rolipram were purchased from Sigma Chemicals Company, St. Louis, MO, USA. Guinea-pigs (500–550 g) of either sex and local breed were kept at the Animal House of the Aga Khan University, maintained at 23–25°C, and were given standard diet and tap water<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=alavibijaಅಲ್ಲಿಬೀಜ Allibeeja, alli beejaಕುರ್ಟಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ Kurtige gida|ml=asaliAsali|sa=ahaleevaAhaleeva, asalikaAsalika|ta=aaliAali, aalividaiAalividai|te=aadithyaluAadithyalu, aandileeAandilee|hi=akalamAkalam, candsurCandsur|en=common Common cress, garden Garden cress|mr=Ahaliv}}<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===Katu (pungent)===Guna===Laghu (lightness), Rooksha (dryness), Teekshna (strong, piercing)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot potency)===Vipaka===Katu (pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|annual Annual plant}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|SimplePinnate/Pinnatifid|Alternate|The Basal leaves are divided into 3long-6 toothed leafletspetioled, irregularly pinnatifid, drying early; cauline ones sessile, pinnate, less incised with smaller leaflets in betweenoblong-linear segments, sparsely pubescent with simple hairs; upper ones linear, entire.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|UnisexualBisexual|2-4cm longTerminal and axillary racemes|White|Yellow6|Pedicels cylindric, ascending or subappressed, to 3.5 mm long in fruit, glabrous. Sepals 1.5-20|Flowers Season is June 1.75 mm long, sparsely pubescent outside. Petals spathulate, somewhat clawed, 2.5- August2.75 mm long, sometimes reddish and distinctly nerved.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Silicula|7–10 5-6 x 3-5 mm (across||Compressed, keeled at the back, apex emarginate and broadly winged, glabrous, style about 0.28–02-0.4 in5 mm long.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka TailaDhanwatararishtam]] as ''root juice extract''* [[Vat Vidhwans ras]]* [[Chaturbeeja churna]]<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Temperatearea}}, {{Commonly seen|TrophicalTropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Image:Lepidium sativum vdg.jpgImage:Gartenkresse.jpg|young plantsImage:Img 0717 garden cress.jpg|cultivated for saladFile:OdermennigGarden Cress.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02Rzeżucha 2009 r. 022.jpgImage:Cress keyboard-3 sprouting other side.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNTCress keyboard-3 sprouting top.BOTjpgImage:Gartenkresse_bl%C3%BChend.JPG|abloom with first seedsFile:Lepidium sativum 2019-05-04 2820.jpg|LeavesFile:Lepidium sativum L. (2561100612).jpg|FlowersFile:Lepidium.2004sativum.0seeds.jpg|Seeds
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical compositionCommon names">[https://wwwsites.sciencedirectgoogle.com/sciencesite/indiannamesofplants/articlevia-species/piil/S0378874112006393?via%3Dihub "sciencedirect"lepidium-sativum Common names]</ref><ref name="Leafchemical composition">[https://webwww.archivehindawi.orgcom/journals/ecam/2012/web596524/20131226161459Pharmacology]</httpref><ref name="Leaf">[https://wwwindiabiodiversity.wildflowers-guide.comorg/species/show/39-agrimony.html "wayback machine"230206 Plant Description]</ref><ref name="UsesAyurvedic preparations">[httphttps://www.homeremediesseasyayurveda.com/agrimonia2015/03/20/garden-cress-eupatorialepidium-medicinalsativum-uses-andside-effects-imagesresearch/ "traditional medicine"Ayurvedic preparations]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[httphttps://practicalplantspfaf.org/wikiuser/Agrimonia_eupatoria "practical palnts"Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lepidium+sativum Cultivation]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/7bf727aed935d379bd4a38a82fd6a4cc/c277edcdf97b862326c170454da90d94Lepidium sativum on envis centre on medicinal plants]http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/23b19c439bad411b468945ad09eb1e58/98fd2059c25441fdb7dea03bccacc108* [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=fgVLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA264&lpg=PA264&dq=Charmahantri+plants&source=bl&ots=5ERws-2-qy&sig=uMsiJOAjn_q5KP3UEE-D37XE4bo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdq5ncr8HaAhWBNo8KHRUADgkQ6AEIRDAD#v=onepage&q=Charmahantri%20plants&f=falseLepidium sativum on Charmahantri plants ]* [https://easyayurveda.com/2015/03/20/garden-cress-lepidium-sativum-uses-side-effects-research/ Lepidium sativum-uses, side effects]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Brassicaceae]]