English: Common madder
Sanskrit: Manjishtha, Manjishtham, Harini, Gauri, Rohini, Rasayani, Tamramula, Bhandi, Lohita, Yashtika, Vijaya, Manjusha, Jvarahantri, Chadma.
Hindi: manchith मजित
Tamil: மஞ்சிட்டி
Malayalam: Manchatti മഞ്ചട്ടി
Indian Madder-Rubia cordifolia Lin. is a perennial climber herb, with tiny hooks at the leaves, grows up to 1.5 m in tall. The leaves are evergreen about 5 to 10 cm long and 2 to 3 cm wide, borne in whorls of 4 to 7 star-like in cross-section. The flowers are small, pale yellow, 5 mm across, with five petals, in dense racemes. The fruits are berries which is red to black in colour.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Oblong | Margin-Entire | Venation-parallel |
Useful plant parts:
Root
Medicinal uses:
Blood purifier, to purify the menses, increase urine, treat paralysis, and inflammation, anti-inflammatory, reduce excess heat from the blood, treat skin diseases, and menstrual problems, and increase the HB level in blood.
Chemical content:
Alizarin
How to prepare medicines:
The decoction of root is used to increase HB, dried root powder mixed with rose water can be applied on the skin to treat skin to get smoothness, and this also can be used to reduce folding on the belly after delivery.
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