Acalypha indica (haritamanjari) Medicinal uses, Morphology, Images,Side effects, Pharmacology

Botanical Name: Acalypha indica Linn

Family: Euphorbiaceae

 Introduction:

This plant grow like weed, all over india.it is bitter acrid,expectorant, purgative.

Names in different Indian languages

Synonyms

Kuppi, Muktavarchaa, Haritamanjari

Classification according to Charaka, Susrutha & Vagbhata

Varieties & adulterants - (CV – controversy, AD – adulterants) 

 Acalypha wilkesiana

Morphology

Annual herb 20 -30 cm long petioled,

 Leaves- long serrate and ovate, glabrous

Flower- greenish white, spike, male and female flowers separate but same spike. Flowers are sessile, sterile flowers also present

Fruit – capsule

Seeds- ovoid and smooth.

Distribution & Habitat

Occurs throughout the India upto 1600 m high,

Chemical constituents:

 Kaempferol,acalyphamide,quinone, sterols, cyanogenic glycoside

Properties:

Karma – kasaghna, jwarahara, karna shoolaghna

Internal uses:

Digestive system:

Purgative, GI irritant

Respiratory system:

Expectorant , useful in bronchitis

Urinary system:

diuretic

Reproductive system:

Skin:

Skin disease , useful in ulcer

Srotogamitva:

 Dosha : pitha hara
 Dhatu :rasa,raktha
 Mala :mutrala

Organ : liver

 Indication:

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.

Otalgia,crops, skin disease

Part used:

  Leaves , root

Dosage:  

1-2 gm.

Therapeutic Uses:

1. Leave paste useful in syphilis
2. Leave paste + haridra used in insect bite

Descriptions on  Ayurveda books / Nighandu:

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