AGNI MANDHA

2. AGNI MANDHA

BOTANICAL NAME- Premna serratifolia

FAMILY- Verbenaceae

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

ENGLISH- HEADACHE TREE

HINDI-अरणि , गनियारी

MALAYALAM-മുഞ്ഞ ,കാട്ടപ്പ

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

अग्निमन्ध,  अरणि, गणिकारिका, वैजयन्त

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

RASA - MADHURA, KATU, TIKTA
GUNA - LAGHU
VIRYA - USHNA

DISTRIBUTION

THROUGHOUT INDIA

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A LARGE SHRUB OR SMALL TREE

HEIGHT- GROWS UP TO 10 METERS IN  HEIGHT

BARK- YELLOWISH
           - WITH LENTICELS

LEAVES - SIMPLE
               - OPPOSITE
               - SERRATED

FLOWERS - SMALL
                   - GREENISH WHITE
                   - WITH STRONG ODOUR

FRUITS- GLOBOSE DRUPES

USEFUL PARTS

1.  ROOTS
2.  LEAVES


MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

PACIFIES VATA AND KAPHA

-PACIFIES -NERVINE PAIN

                   - ARTHRITIS

                   - INDIGESTION

                   - CONSTIPATION

                   - FEVER

                   - RHINITIS

                   - HEMORRHOIDS

                   - TUMORS

1. AHIPHENA

1. AHIPHENA

BOTANICAL NAME - Papaver somniferum

FAMILY- Papaveracea

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

ENGLISH - OPIUM, POPPY

HINDI- कसकस , अफिम

MALAYALAM- ആവിന്‍, കറുപ്പ്, കസകസ

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

अहिफेन , कासतिला, शुभ्रपुष्प, अफेन

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

RASA- KASHAYA , TIKTA
GUNA- SOOKSHMA, ROOKSHA, VYAVAYI
VIRYA- USNA
VIPAKA- KATU
PRABHAVA- MADAKARI


DISTRIBUTION

CULTIVATED IN
A. INDIA- RAJASTHAN, UTTAR PRADESH , MADHYA PRADESH STATES
B. AFGHANISTAN
C. SOME PARTS OF EUROPE

PLANT DESCRIPTION

ERECT
ANNUAL HERB

HEIGHT- GROWS UPTO 60 CM IN HEIGHT

LEAVES-
             - SOLITARY
             - ALTERNATE, LOBED OR TOOTHED IRREGULARLY

FLOWERS
              - LARGE
              - BRIGHT RED OR WHITE

FRUITS
              - LARGE
              - GLOBULAR CAPSULES

SEEDS
               - WHITE OR DARK BROWN

USEFUL PART

1. SEEDS
2. FRUITS
3. FRUIT EXTRACTS
4. PETALS

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

- PACIFIES VITIATED VATA, PITTA

- GOOD IN COLIC,
                    -DIARRHEA,
                    -MUSCLE SPASM,
                    -INSOMNIA,
                    -INSANITY,
                    -PREMATURE EJACULATION


IN EXCESS DOSE

- ACTS AS A NARCOTIC