Ajamoda Apium leptophyllumconsists of dried aromatic fruits Ayurvedic medicinal herb

Ajamoda Apium leptophyllum consists of dried, aromatic fruits Ayurvedic medicinal herb

 

lATIN NAME –

• Apium leptophyllum

Family –

• Umbelliferae

 

SYNONYMS of Ajamoda Apium leptophyllum –

 

• Sanskrit    :
• Dipyaka
• Assamese    :
• Bonjamani, Yamani, Ajowan
• Bengali    :
• Randhuni, Banyamani
• Kashmiri    :
• Fakhazur, Banjuan
• Gujrati      :
• Bodi Ajamo, Ajamo
• Hindi        :
• Ajmuda, Ajmod
• Kannada    :
• Oma, Ajavana, Omakki
• Malayalam    :
• Ayamodakum, Oman
• Marathi    :
• Ajmoda, Oova
• Tamil       :
• Omam
• Telugu      :
• Naranji vamu
• Urdu        :
• Ajmod
• Oriya       :
• Banajuani
• Punjabi    :
• Valjawain, Ajmod

 

DESCRIPTION  and PLACES OF ORIGIN of Ajamoda Apium leptophyllum  —

 

• an annual herb cultivated in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka; collected by thrashing plants on a mat and dried in shade or in drying sheds.
• DrugHypertension with Diabetes, heart failure, MI, CHF and Hypertension with Pregnancy. Read more ... » consists of small, ovoid fruit; bulk colour yellowish brown, mainly occur as entire cremocarps with pedicel attached or detached and bifid stylopod, about 1.5-3.0 mm long and 1.2-2.8 mm wide,
• yellow to yellowish green; separated mericarps broadly ovoid free ends curved sometimes occurs as separate mericarps; cremocarps glabrous, ovoid to conical,  , more or less curved, dorsal surface convex with five equally distinct, longitudinal primary ridges;

 

CONSTITUENTS Ajamoda Apium leptophyllum  -

 

• Essential oil and fixed oil

 

PROPERTIES AND ACTION and GUNA –

 

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• Katu, Tikta
• Guna         :
• Laghu, Ruksha
• Virya     :
• Ushna
• Vipaka     :
• Katu

 

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• Vidahi,
• Kaphavataja,
• Dipana,
• Rucikar,
• Krmijit,
• sulaghna

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS  -

• Ajamodarka,
• Ajamodadi Curna

 

Powder Churna Ajamoda Apium leptophyllum  Shows –

 

• moderately thick-walled cell of epicarp exhibiting characteristic striations and occasional presence of stoma, fragments of trichomes and glandular hairs,
• reticulate parenchymatous cells of mesocarp, fragments of yellowish-brown vittae; fragments of endosperm thick-walled polygonal cells containing aleurone grain and micro rosette crystals of calcium oxalate.

THERAPEUTIC Medicinal USES

• Aruci,
• adhmana,
• GulmaAyurveda Drugs Group VEDNASTHAPAN DRAVYA Specifically work on Nervous System. Read more ... »,
• Hikka,
• Chardi,
• Kamiroga,

 

DOSE  Ajamoda Apium leptophyllum Ayurveda drugsHeart blockage angioplasty Substitute Ayurvedic Medicine. Read more ... » -

• 1-3 g of the drug in powder form.