Description :
Desmodium is a coarse herb, growing up to 1.5 m tall, somewhat woody near base.Leaves are simple, which is uncommon for a Desmodium species.Pea-flower shaped flowers are borne in racemes at the end of branches, or in leaf axils. Racemes are generally very long. Flowers are variable in colour, probably vary from one region to the other, white to red or purple or a combination such as pink and purple or mauve and white.
Details :
Botanical Name : Desmodium gangeticum
Common Name : Sal Leaved Desmodium
Hindi Name : dhruva, dirghamuli, pivari, salpani, shalparni
Manipuri Name : Porongkhok
Marathi Name : dai, ranganjya, salvan
Tamil Name : pullati
Malayalam Name :orila
Telugu Name : gitanaramu
Kannada Name : murelehonne
Bengali Name : chalani, salpani
Oriya Name : salaparni
Konkani Name : salparni
Nepali Name : ban gahat, saliparni
Gujarati Name : salwan
Sanskrit Name : anshumati, dhruva, dirghamoola, pivari, shalaparni
Part Used : Root, Bark, Leaves
Medicinal Uses :
- The plant is a bitter tonic, digestive, antidysentric, alterative, aphrodisiac, antipyretic, anticatarrhal, febrifuge.
- It is used to cure typhoid and other fevers, asthma, bronchitis, vomiting, dysentery, piles, biliousness, chorela, scorpion sting and snake bite.
- The roots of Desmodium gangeticum are used as one of the ingredients of two very important Ayurvedic preparations, ‘Dashmoola Kwatha’ and `Dashamootarishta’.
- esmodium gangeticum appears to be a promising candidate for improving memory and it would be worthwhile to explore the potential of this plant in the management of dementia and Alzheimer disease.
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