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Name: DADRUGHNA
Filename: Cassia_alata.jpg
Description:
Botanical name : Cassia alata Linn. (C. herpetica Jacq)
Family : Caesalpiniaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Dadrughna, Dvipagasti
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Amla
Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya : Seeta
Vipaka : Katu
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Ringworm shrub
 Hindi : Dadmurdan
Malayalam : Aanattakara, Malamtakara, Seema agatti, Puzhukkadittakara
Distribution – Throughout India, growing wild.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
An annual or binneal shrub grows up to 2.5 meters in height. Leaves compound,
paripinnate, leaflets oblong, obtuse, membranous; flowers seen in long terminal
spikes, yellow and showy. Fruits green angulated dehiscent pods, contain numerous
compressed brown colored ovate seeds.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, pitta, inflammation, ringworm, cough, bronchitis,
asthma, other skin diseases, intestinal worms, poison, constipation, hemorrhoids,
alopecia and sexual weakness.
Useful part : Leaves, Flowers, Roots.

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