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Lepidium sativum - Charmahantri

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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|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Counter gout}}, {{Uses|Skin deseases}}, {{Uses|Diabates}}, {{Uses|Scurvy}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Blood pressure}}.
Charmahantri is also known as Garden cress==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Seeds}}, mustard and cress{{Parts Used|Roots}}, 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{{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
== Description Chemical Composition== This annual plant can reach a height of 60 cm Atropine sulphate, carbachol (~24 inchesCCh), with many branches on the upper partdicyclomine, isoprenaline, verapamil, and rolipram were purchased from Sigma Chemicals Company, St. The white to pinkish flowers are only 2 mm (1/12 of an inch) acrossLouis, MO, clustered in branched racemesUSA.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
When consumed raw==Common names=={{Common names|kn= ಅಲ್ಲಿಬೀಜ Allibeeja, ಕುರ್ಟಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ Kurtige gida|ml=Asali|sa=Ahaleeva, Asalika|ta=Aali, Aalividai|te=Aadithyalu, Aandilee|hi=Akalam, Candsur|en=Common cress is a high-nutrient food containing substantial content of vitamins A, C and K and several dietary minerals.Garden cress|mr=Ahaliv}}<ref name="Common names"/>
== Uses Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===
*Garden cress is added to soups, sandwiches and salads for its tangy flavor. It is also eaten as sprouts, and the fresh or dried seed pods can be used as a peppery seasoning===Rasa===Katu (pungent)===Guna===*Garden cressLaghu (lightness), known as chandrashoorRooksha (dryness), and the seedsTeekshna (strong, known as halloon in Indiapiercing)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot potency)===Vipaka===Katu (pungent)===Karma===Kapha, are commonly used in the system of Ayurveda.Vata*It is used in lactating mothers to improve breast milk production.<ref name="uses" />*It is used in treating amenorrhoea and irregular menstrual cycles. ==Prabhava===
==Common nameHabit=={{Habit|Annual plant}}
* '''English''' - Garden Cress==Identification=====Leaf===* '''Kannada''' {{Leaf|Pinnate/Pinnatifid|Alternate|Basal leaves long- ಅಲವಿ ಬೀಜ* '''Hindi''' petioled, irregularly pinnatifid, drying early; cauline ones sessile, pinnate, less incised with oblong- Chandrashoorlinear segments, sparsely pubescent with simple hairs; upper ones linear, entire.}} <ref name="Leaf"/>
== References =Flower==={{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal and axillary racemes|White|6|Pedicels cylindric, ascending or subappressed, to 3.5 mm long in fruit, glabrous. Sepals 1.5-1.75 mm long, sparsely pubescent outside. Petals spathulate, somewhat clawed, 2.5-2.75 mm long, sometimes reddish and distinctly nerved.}}
===Fruit==={{Fruit|Silicula| 5-6 x 3-5 mm across||Compressed, keeled at the back, apex emarginate and broadly winged, glabrous, style about 0.2-0.5 mm long.}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Dhanwatararishtam]] * [[Vat Vidhwans ras]]* [[Chaturbeeja churna]]<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/> ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils. For the best results, however, it requires a moist soil and also some shade during the summer to prevent it going straight to seed.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Temperate area}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropical 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:Garden Cress.jpgFile:Rzeżucha 2009 r. 022.jpgImage:Cress keyboard-3 sprouting other side.jpgImage:Cress keyboard-3 sprouting top.jpgImage:Gartenkresse_bl%C3%BChend.JPG|abloom with first seedsFile:Lepidium sativum 2019-05-04 2820.jpg|LeavesFile:Lepidium sativum L. (2561100612).jpg|FlowersFile:Lepidium.sativum.seeds.jpg|Seeds</gallery> ==References== <references><ref name="usesCommon names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/l/lepidium-sativum Common names]</ref><ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2012/596524/ Pharmacology]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230206 Plant Description]</ref><ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[httphttps://easyayurveda.com/2015/03/20/garden-cress-lepidium-sativum-uses-side-effects-research/ Ayurvedic preparations]</ref> <ref name="EasyayurvedaHow to plant/cultivate">[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lepidium+sativum Cultivation]</ref>
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== External Links == * [httpshttp://enenvis.wikipediafrlht.org/wikiplantdetails/Garden_cress Garden cress-Wikipedia7bf727aed935d379bd4a38a82fd6a4cc/c277edcdf97b862326c170454da90d94 Lepidium sativum on envis centre on medicinal plants]
* [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=false Lepidium sativum on Charmahantri plants ]
* [https://easyayurveda.com/2015/03/20/garden-cress-lepidium-sativum-uses-side-effects-research/ Lepidium sativum-uses, side effects]
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