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Stellaria media - Chickweed

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Stellaria media, Chickweed

Stellaria media, is a cool-season annual plant native to Europe, but naturalized in many parts of North America.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

The anthraquinones emodin, parietin (physcion) and questin, the flavonoid kaempferol-3,7-O-α-L-dirhamnoside, the phytosterols β-sitosterol and daucosterol, and the fatty alcohol 1-hexacosanol can be found in S. media.[12] Other flavonoid constituents are apigenin 6-C-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-8-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-8-C-beta-D-galactopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-8-C-beta-L-arabinopyranoside, apigenin 6-C-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-8-C-beta-D-galactopyranoside, apigenin 6, 8-di-C-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi Buch-bucha
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Chickweed


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

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple oval Chickweed leaves are oval with pointed tips that are smooth or slightly hairy

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual small white 5 petals these are produced at the tips of stems and in angles between branches

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
oval An oval, one-celled capsule, whitish in color, containing numerous seeds whitish numerous seeds {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

A very easily grown plant, it prefers a moist soil and a position in full sun or partial shade[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

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