Apamarga (sveta)

Name: APAMARGA (SVETA)

Description: 

Botanical name : Achyranthes aspera Linn.Family : Amaranthaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Apamargah, Mayoorah,Markatapippalee, Durgrahah

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES –

Of fruitRasa : MadhuraGuna : Rooksha, SaraVirya : SeetaOf rootRasa : Tikta, KatuGuna : Teekshna, Sara Virya : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Prickly chaff-flower plantHindi : CircitaMalayalam : Vankadaladi

PLANT DESCRIPTION 

A shrub that grows up to one meter height; leaves simple, opposite, obovate or elliptic; flowers bracteate and bracteolate, greenish, in spikes; fruits oblong urticle; seeds single, inverse.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES 

Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, asthma, bronchitis, flatulence, painful inflammations, vomiting, skin diseases, renal and vesical calculi.Useful part : The whole plant