Sanskrit Name: Apamarg
English Name: Prickly chaff flower
Latin Name: Achyranthes aspera Pennel
Erect or ascending herbs or shrubs; leaves opposite, the blades entire many-flowered; becoming elongate, with only a few flowers open at the same time; flowers
hermaphrodite, solitary in axils of acute, membranous, persistent bracts. The petals are white to pale lavender, the filaments while to rich pink, and the fruit orange to
reddish purple or brown.
Application
Apamarga has been extensively used in Ayurveda as an anti-inflammatory agent besides being useful in Hemorrhoids, indigestion, cough, asthma, anemia, jaundice and
snake bite.
Apamarg oil is used locally in earache. The root powder is sprinkled over the lesion in skin diseases.
Chemical Composition
Plant yields achyranthine. Seeds are rich in proteins and potash
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