Monday, September 24, 2012

Ayurveda Medicinal Plant



Name: Aatunarivela(Wild mustard, Cleome, Sticky cleome)
Botanical name : Cleome viscosa Linn. 
PLANT DESCRIPTION 
An annual Botanical herbaceous plant with sticky pods. Leaves compound, 3-5 foliate, palmate, flowers yellow in lax racemes from the leaf axils. Fruits capsules, hairy and covered with sticky material. Seeds kidney shaped and turns dark on ripe.  
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES 
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, intestinal worms, colic, stomach upset, cardio myopathy, diarrhea, fever and dyspepsia.
Useful part : Whole plant. 

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