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'''Citraka''' consists of dried mature root of Plumbago zeylanica Linn. (Fam.Plumbaginaceae), a large perennial sub-scandent shrub, found throughout India in wile state and occasionally cultivated in gardens.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Uses==
{{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Gulma}}, {{Uses|Difficult Swelling}}, {{Uses|Promoting Digestion}}, {{Uses|Malabsorption}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Skin Diseases}}, {{Uses|Edema}}, {{Uses|Haemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|Intestinal Worms}}, {{Uses|Cough}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
==Chemical Composition==
It contains Plumbagin and Roots of the plant contain an acrid crystalline principle called plumbagin. Besides, it contains chloroplumbagin and biplumbagin.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Agni, Vahni, Dahana, Hutabhuk|en=Lead war|gu=Chitrakmula|hi=Chira, Chitra|kn=Chitramula, Vahni, Bilichitramoola|ks=Chitra, Shatranja|ml=Vellakeduveli, Thumpokkoduveli|mr=Chitraka|pa=Chitra|ta=Chitramoolam, Kodiveli|te=Chitramulam}}
==Properties==
Shothahara, [[Deepana]], Grahi, Pacana, Kaphavatahara, Arshohara, Shulahara
==Habit=Prabhava={{Habit|}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}} ===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==<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|subtropical region}}, {{Commonly seen|Gardens}}, {{Commonly seen|warm temperate region}}, {{Commonly seen|cool climates}}, {{Commonly seen|thickets}}, , {{Commonly seen|Palm groves}}, {{Commonly seen|shandy hummocks}}, {{Commonly seen|shell mounds}}, {{Commonly seen|rocky places}}, {{Commonly seen|open areas}} ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px"> </gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 39 "Constituents"</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation detail"]</ref>
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 39.</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA]
[[Category:Ayurvedic MedicineHerbs]]
