Common name: Sal Leaved Desmodium • Hindi: ध्रुवा dhruva, दीर्घमूली dirghamuli, पीवरी pivari, सालपानी salpani, शालपर्णी shalparni • Manipuri: পোৰোঙখোক Porongkhok • Marathi: डाय dai, रानगांज्या ranganjya, साळवण salvan • Tamil: புள்ளடி pullati • Malayalam: ഓരില orila • Telugu: గీతనారము gitanaramu •Kannada: ಮೂರೆಲೆಹೊನ್ನೆ murelehonne • Bengali: chalani,
salpani • Oriya: salaparni • Konkani: सालपर्णी salparni • Nepali: बन गहत ban gahat, सालीपरनी saliparni • Gujarati: સલવાન salwan
• Sanskrit: अंशुमती
anshumati, ध्रुवा
dhruva, दीर्घमूला
dirghamoola, पीवरी
pivari, शालपर्णी
shalaparni
Botanical name: Desmodium gangeticum
Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Hedysarum gangeticum
Geographical distribution
The plant occurs throughout warmers
parts of the country.
Introduction
Sal Leaved Desmodium is a coarse herb, growing up to 1.5 m
tall, somewhat woody near base. Leaves are simple, which is uncommon for a
Desmodium species, ovate- or elliptic, with a narrow tip, obtuse at base,
1.2-15.5 cm long, 0.9-5 cm wide. Leaf stalks are 0.4-2 cm long. Pea-flower
shaped flowers are borne in racemes at the end of branches, or in leaf axils.
Racemes are generally very long. Flowers are variable in colour, probably vary
from one region to the other, white to red or purple or a combination such as
pink and purple or mauve and white. Sepal cup is pale green, tinged reddish.
Fruits are almost stalkless, up to 7-8-jointed.
Chemical constituents: pterocarpans-gangetin, gangetinin
and desmodin
Parts Used: Root
Therapeutic uses
The roots are diuretic, astringent and
tonic. They are given in fever and dysentery.
Folk medicinal uses
Whole plant is ground and decoction is prepared
in water. It is given in malaria in the doses of 5 ml. thrice a day for 6 days.
A decoction of root is used in fevers.
Preparations
Shalparni-adi-kwath.
Important
Formulations
1. Dasamularishtam 2. Chyavanaprasam 3.
Agusthya Rasayanam 4. Sukumara gritham 5. Dasamula Katuthiayadi Kashyam 6.
Dasamula thailam 7. Danvantra thailam 8. Mahamasha thailam 9. Anu thailam 10.
Vidaryadi gritham
Flowers and Fruits: August-November
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