Acalypha ciliata Health Dictionary

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Acalypha Ciliata: From 1 Different Sources

Forsk

Family: Euphorbiaceae.

Habitat: Common in plains, as a weed in gardens; also in wastelands, especially in Bangalore and Pachmarhi.

Ayurvedic: Kuppi (smaller var.).

Folk: Daadari (Gujarat).

Action: See A. indica.

Folk: Chinnivara.

Action: Leaves—stomachic, alterative; prescribed in digestive disorders, dyspepsia, colic, diarrhoea.

Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Acalypha Fruticosa

Forsk.

Family: Euphorbiaceae.

Habitat: Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.

English: Birch-leaved Acalypha.

Siddha/Tamil: Kuppaimeni.

Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

Family: Compositae; Asteraceae.

Habitat: Native to Brazil; found as a weed throughout the greater part of India.

Ayurvedic: Trikantaka. (Different from Gokshura; also equated with Martynia diandra, Martineacea, known as Kaakanaasaa.)

Action: Used in dermatological affections.

The essential oil (yield 0.2%) showed antibacterial and antifungal activity.... acalypha fruticosa

Acalypha Indica

Linn.

Family: Euphorbiaceae.

Habitat: Occurs throughout the plains of India, ascending the hills in Orissa up to 210 m.

English: Indian Acalypha.

Ayurvedic: Kuppi, Muktavarchaa, Haritamanjari

Siddha/Tamil: Kuppaimeni.

Folk: Khokli, Kuppi, Aamaabhaaji.

Action: Antibacterial (leaf used in scabies). Plant—emetic, expectorant (used in bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia). Tincture of fresh plant is used in homoeopathy for incipient phthisis with bloody expectorations, emaciation and arterial haemorrhage.

The plant contains kaempferol; leaves and twigs contain acalyphamide and other amides, quinone, sterols, cyanogenic glycoside.

The herb causes intestinal irritation.... acalypha indica

Swertia Ciliata

(D. Don) Burtt.

Synonym: S. purpurascens Wall. ex C. B. Clarke.

Family: Gentianaceae.

Habitat: From Konkan to Kerala at 1,500-2,000 m.

Ayurvedic: Shailaja, Kiraatatikta (related species).

Action: A substitute for S. chirayita. The whole plant contains a number of tetraoxygenated and pentaoxygenated xanthones.... swertia ciliata


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