Caraka (Su.27/98) and susruta (Su.42/18; 46/256-261 & Ci.6/8) have mentioned it among the leafy vegetables. Another herb, ‘palanka’ (C.S.Ci.23/11 & S.S.Ka.2/5) is a kanda visa which is different from palanki.
Botanical description – A much-branched herb, with hard base, branches erect or creeping on the ground; leaves alternate, wooly-tomentose, 1.3-2.5 cm long; flowers bisexual, greenish-white, minute, in axillary panicles. Flowering and ighantu at the end of winter.
Chemical constituents – Α-amyrin, campesterol, β-sitosterol, chrysin, four flavonoid glycosides etc.
Part used – whole plants
Uses – Plant is useful in intestinal worm infestations.
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