पर्णयवानि - Coleus aromaticus

पर्णयवानि - Coleus aromaticus

तीक्ष्णा पर्णयवान्युष्णा कटुतिक्ता रसे लघुः ।

दीपनी पाचनी रुच्या मलसंग्राहिणी परम् ॥

अग्निमान्द्ये यकृद्रोगे ग्रहण्यामुदरक्रिमौ । विषूचिकायामश्मर्या मूत्रकृच्छ्रे च शस्यते॥   

   ( द्र.गु.वि)

पर्णयवानि ,कर्पूरवल्ली

Coleus aromaticus

Coleus amboinicus

Family : Lamiaceae  

Indian Borage

Malayalam: പനിക്കൂർക്ക Panikkoorkka

Hindi: पंजीरी का पत्ता 

Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡಪತ್ರೆ doddapatre

Tamil: கர்ப்பூரவள்ளி karppura-valli • Telugu: అడుసుపుండ్ల ఆకు adusapundlaaku

Part used : Whole plant

Properties :

Guna: laghu ruksha,;

Rasa: katu, tikta

Guna: laghu ,ruksha ,teekshna

Veerya: ushna

Vipaka: katu

Karma : Kaphavata shamana

carminative,digestive,astingent,

cooling,diuretic, antimicrobial, 

antifungal, anthelmintic, antiviral, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory,

Indication :-

fever, skin disease, cough, piles, leucorrhoea,vomiting, dysentery,gout, burning sensation,dyspepsia,cephalgia, worm infection

An ancient form of medicine, used extracts from the leaves to treat cough and cold.