Scientific name:Withania somnifera
Family name:SOLANACEAE
English name:Winter cherry
Local name:Amukkara **
Sanskrit name:Ashvagandha
Description:Erect perennial or semiwoody shrub about 1 m high. Leaves 2-11 cm long, 1.5-9 cm wide; petiole 3-17 mm long. Flowers fascicled, 3-6 together, pedicels 2-4 mm long. Corolla greenish, 10 mm long, 5-lobed. Fruit a berry, globose, 6 mm diameter, bright red. Seeds 2.5 mm diameter.
Status:Native
Ayurvedic usage:
Treatment for
- Rheumatism
- Ulcers
- Carbuncles
- Swellings
- Haemorrhoids
- Ringworms
- Syphilis
- Nosea
- Diarrhoea
- Consumption
- Nervous system diseases
- Apoplexy
- Insanity
- Impotence
- Skin diseases
- Eczemas
- Hypothyroidism goiter
- Psoriasis
- Worm infestation
PARTS USED IN TREATMENT
RELATED MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
- Diuretic
- Abortifacient
- Rejuvenative
- Narcotic
- Insecticide
- Aphrodisiac