Apamarga

Description:

Found throughout tropical Asia, Africa, Australia and America. An abundant weed in dry places and wastelands, from the seashore to 2,100 m high.  

It is an annual or perennial herb. Stem erect, 0.5-2.0m in high, base woody, angular or ribbed, simple or branched, often tinged with pink colour; nodes bulged. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate-elliptic-obovate-rounded, in various sizes, apex usually rounded, finely or softly pubescent on both sides. Flowers are in an auxiliary or terminal spikes, which is more than 50 cm in long, greenish white, bracteate and bracteolate. Perianth lobes 4-6, glabrous, shining, ovate-oblong and pointed. Stamens 5 in number, staminodes are truncate, fimbriate, ovary oblong, sub-compressed and ovule solitary. Fruit easily disarticulate, oblong or ovoid and utricle. Seeds inverse, testa coriaceous, embryo annular and surrounded by floury albumin. 

                              

Details:

Botanical Name : Achyranthes aspera

English Name :  Prickly-Chaff Flower 

Hindi Name: Chirchira, Latjira, Onga                    

Sanskrit name : Apamarga , Latjira,Aghata; Khara-manjari

Latin name: Achyranthes aspera 

Bengali Name : Apang

Gujarati Name : Safed Aghedo, Anghadi, Andhedi, Agado

Kannada Name : Uttaranee

Malayalam Name : Kadaladi, Katalati

Marathi Name : Aghada, Pandhara-aghada

Punjabi Name : Kutri

Tamil Name: Nayuruvi, Shiru-kadaladi

Telugu Name : Antisha, Apamargamu, Uttaraene 

Sinhala  Name : Karal heba

Indonesia Name : Jarong

Family: Amaranthaceae    

Part Used :Whole Plant

Medicinal Uses:

• Apamarga is very useful in digestive system disorders. It ignites the digestive fire and helps in proper digestion of foods.
• Apamarga alleviates nausea and vomiting.
• Being a good source of potassium Apamarga also works well in heart problems also.
• Apamarga is also useful in expelling the extra fats out of the body and maintaining it in healthy limits.
• Thread medicated with the alkali prepared from Apamarga (Kshar Sutra) is tied to cut the hemorrhoids mass and fistula.
• Apamarga is a very good wound cleanser and promotes proper healing of wounds.
• Apamarga also benefits a lot in skin diseases.
• Apamarga powder is best recommended for proper working of the digestive system and to prevent all the digestive issues specially affecting the ano rectal area like hemorrhoids and fistula.

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