English: Cupid’s shaving brush
Sanskrit: Sahasruthy, Agookarni, Dravanthi, Sambari.
Hindi: Kirangari, Hiranguri
Tamil: Chuvar mullanki
Malayalam: Muyalcheviyan മുയൽച്ചെവിയൻ.
It is an annual herb, that grows as a weed in tropical flowering herb, with a weak stem, erect and branched, and grows up to a height of 60 cm. The leaves are thistle-like, irregularly toothed, ovate, triangular-ovate, 4 to 16 cm long and 1 to 8 cm broad. Flowers are pink, found in branch ends in clusters in a long stalk and urn-shaped.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Pinnatisect | Margin-Entire | Venation-reticulated |
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Useful plant parts:
whole plant, leaves
Medicinal uses:
One of Dasapushpa, Treatments is tonsillitis and all types of throat problems, earache, fever eye eye-related diseases, bleeding hemorrhoids, and dysentery.
Chemical content:
pyrrolizidine alkaloids
According to Pattern Therapy, the leaf of lilac tassel flower is very similar to the tongue, so it is useful in the treatments of ENT related problems
Press for the leaf for juice and mix with garlic and common salt, can apply on head to treat tonsillitis
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