Henna

Scientific name of Henna plant: Lawsonia Inermis

Name of Henna in different languages:

English: Egyptian priven, Mignonette tree

Sanskrit: Mendhi, madayantika, madanaka, mendika, raktagarba, kuravaka

Hindi: Mehadni मेहेंदी

Malayalam: Mailanji മൈലാഞ്ചി

Plant description:-

Henna tree – Lawsonia inermis is a shrub or small tree, grows to the height up to 25 ft. It is multi-branched; there is a spine at branch end. The leaves are small, oppositely arranged, glabrous, sub-sessile, elliptical, and wider in the middle; sized to 1.5 to 5.0 cm long and 0.5 to 2 cm broad. Flowers are very small and borne in a cluster, which is fragrant; fruits are small, brownish capsules, up to 8 mm in diameter.

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Oval	Margin-Entire	Venation-pinnate

Useful plant parts:

Leaf

Medicinal uses: 

To treat skin diseases, urinary stones, ringworm, dandruff

Chemical content:

Antifungal, hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic

How to prepare medicines:

leaves of Mehandi and common salt ground well and apply on affected areas of skin problems occur, especially for the itching in the joint part of legs.

leaves of Mehandi and common salt ground well and apply on affected areas of skin problems occur, especially for the itching in the joint part of legs.

Henna is the one of the ingredients in the Ayurveda medicines like-

Maha Panchagavya Ghrita