Bharangi

Description :

A slightly woody shrub with bluntly quadrangular stems and branches, leaves usually three at a node, sometimes opposite oblong or elliptic, serrate; flowers blue, many in long cylindrical thyrsus; fruits 4 lobed purple durpe, somewhat succulent with one pyrene in each lobe.  

                                     

Details :

Botanical Name: Clerodendrum serratum

English Name : Prang-gadawn

Hindi Name :  Bharangi ,ban bakri, banbakri, barangi, bharangi, bhurangi

Malayalam Name : Cheruthekku

Common Name : Prang-Gadawn,Brahmanayashtika, Kharashakha, Padma

Assamese Name : Nangal bhanga

Bengali Name : Barapard, bharangi, saram lutur

Garo Name : Riong phlang, sam seng, samgongol

Jaintia Name : Dieng lamyrsiang

Kannada Name : Bhaarangi, bharangi, gantibharangi, gantu barangi

Khasi Name : Hyrsymet

Malayalam Name : Cerutekku, cheru-tekka, cherutekku, cheruteku, chinteku

Manipuri Name : Moirang khanam

Marathi Name : Barang, bhaarangi, bharangi, domb-saylo, ganthu baarangi

Mizoram Name : Phuihnamsuak

Oriya Name : Varvara

Sanskrit Name : Angaravallari, angaravalli, baleya, barbara, bhandi

Tamil Name : Angaravalli, cacakkini, cakancam.

Telugu Name : Baarangi, banal chettu, barangi, bharangi, bhramaramari

Tibetan Name : Bha-rgi, ga bra i rtsa ba, ga brai rtsa ba

Urdu Name : Baharangi, baharangi

Family : Verbenaceae

Part Used : Root,Leaves

Medicinal Uses :

• Bharangi vitiates blood and removes the obstruction in the circulatory channels and alleviates swelling.
• Bharangi leaves ground in a paste are used in lymphadenopathy. Leaf juice is applied on erysipelas.
• Being an appetizer, digestant and laxative, Bharangi is useful in anorexia, and loss of appetite.
• Since Bharangi is Snigdha and Madhura, it acts as an expectorant. It is therefore useful in cough and hoarseness of voice.
• Mixture of Bharangi root juice and ginger juice is given in asthma to reduce the attacks of dyspnoea.
• In amenorrhea, Bharangi powder is used along with decoction of sesame seeds.
• Bharangi Powder is recommended in Vata disorders specially involving the painful joints.
• Bharangi powder is also useful in menstrual disorders specially amenorrhea.
• Bharangi is very beneficial in respiratory disorders and used in Cold,cough ,bronchitis and asthma.
• Pasted leaves of Bharangi should be applied on wound for fast healing.
• Bharngi is a good blood purifier and beneficial to treat skin diseases.
• Clerodendrum serratum is very useful in rheumatic conditions and painful joints.

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