Apamarga

Name: APAMARGA (RAKTA) 

Description: 

Botanical name : Cyathula prostrata Blume.Family : Amaranthaceae 

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Rakthapamarga, Mayoora, Sikhari, Markatapippali

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES 

Rasa : Tikta, KatuGuna : Teekshna, Sara Virya : UshnaVipaka : Katu

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Small prickly chaff – flower plant Hindi : Lal ChirchiraMalayalam : Cherukataladi

PLANT DESCRIPTION 

An annual herb usually found in moist localities. The ascending branch ends in inflorescence. Stems and branches are greenish red. Leaves are simple, opposite, exstipulate and short petioled. Flowers reddish violet in terminal spikes, Fruit ovoid membranous utricles enclosed in the perinath. Seeds are oblong and single.  

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES 

Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, diseases of urinary system and uterine disorders. It has constipating property.  Useful part : Roots and seeds