Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Cymbopogon martinii

Botanical name : Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) Wats.
Family : Poaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Dhyamaka, Rohisha

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Katu
Guna : Lakhu
Virya : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Rusa grass, Rosha grass
Hindi : Gandabel
Malayalam : Sambharapullu

Distribution – Throughout India growing wild, also cultivated.

PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial sweet scented grass grows up to 2 meters in height. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute; flower in spikelets, in long panicles, turning reddish brown when mature.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, nervine pain, bronchitis, cough, anorexia, colic, skin diseases, epilepsy in children and fever.
Useful part : Whole plant

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