Family- Amaranthaceae.
Habitat- The warmer parts of India,ascending to 1,000 m.
Ayurvedic- Paashaanabheda.Gorakshaganjaa, Aadaanpaaki,Shatkabhedi.
Siddha/Tamil- Sirupeelai.
Folk- Paashaanabheda (southern India), Gorakhagaanjaa.
Action- Anticalculus (used in lithiasis), diuretic, demulcent,anthelmintic, antidiarrhoeal,anticholerin, bechic; leaf used in hepatitis, root in strangury.A decoction of the plant is used in catarrh of bladder. The flowers and
roots are used for headache.
Key application- As diuretic and lithontriptic. (The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia.)
The plant contains palmitic acid,beta-sitosterol and alpha-amyrin.Aerva scandens Wall., synonym A.
sanguinolenta Blume, is also known as Paashaanabheda in the south.Species used as Paashaanabheda:
Bergenia ligulata (north), Aerva lanata (south), Coleus amboinicus (east) and Bryophyllum pinnatum (west).
Dosage 50–100 ml decoction.
Habitat- The warmer parts of India,ascending to 1,000 m.
Ayurvedic- Paashaanabheda.Gorakshaganjaa, Aadaanpaaki,Shatkabhedi.
Siddha/Tamil- Sirupeelai.
Folk- Paashaanabheda (southern India), Gorakhagaanjaa.
Action- Anticalculus (used in lithiasis), diuretic, demulcent,anthelmintic, antidiarrhoeal,anticholerin, bechic; leaf used in hepatitis, root in strangury.A decoction of the plant is used in catarrh of bladder. The flowers and
roots are used for headache.
Key application- As diuretic and lithontriptic. (The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia.)
The plant contains palmitic acid,beta-sitosterol and alpha-amyrin.Aerva scandens Wall., synonym A.
sanguinolenta Blume, is also known as Paashaanabheda in the south.Species used as Paashaanabheda:
Bergenia ligulata (north), Aerva lanata (south), Coleus amboinicus (east) and Bryophyllum pinnatum (west).
Dosage 50–100 ml decoction.
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