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Premna herbacea

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Premna herbacea is a low-growing herbaceous perennial plant or a dwarf undershrub with stems up to 15 cm tall. Most of the stem is underground, the plant having a creeping woody rhizome, the above-ground part is slender and simple or with single dichotomous branching. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local medicinal use and occasionally as a food. It is cultivated for medicinal use in India and Sri Lanka.

Uses

Dropsy, Cough, Asthma, Fever, Rheumatism, Cholera.[1]

Parts Used

[[:Category:Herbs with used in medicine|]], stem, leaves, Root.

Chemical Composition

Xanthine oxidase, Sodium nitroprusside, Folin-Ciocalteu reagent, L-ascorbic acid and kojic acid were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Nayit-yaga
Hindi Bharangi
Malayalam Cherutekku
Tamil Sirudekku
Telugu Nelaneredu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Boomi-jambuka
English Stemless premna

[3]

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Dry places, Open grasslands.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemical constituents
  3. Common names
  4. [Morphology]
  5. [Cultivation]

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