ixora

[sheji ramkumar]

malayalam  - thechi/ thetti

[Dr.Simkin Surya]

Ayurveda calls it as Paranty
It is considered to be a good blood purifier hence it is used in
various skin affections like itches, scabies, boils etc. infusion made
out of leaf and stem is used in infantile skin diseases, Traditional
Keralvaidyas uses flowers externally to sores, ulcers scabies and some
kinds of dermatitis.it is also administered internally in cholera,
dysentery etc.flowers are used in Chemparutyadi tailam which is used
in Skin diseases of children and roots are used in Parantyadi tailam
which is very much useful in psoriasis.it is not much explained in
Classic ayurveda , but it seems it is one of the innovation of Kerala
Vaidyas.
Source
B.N- Ixora coccinia of Rubiaceae family

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[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Very good drug Sheji ji. . .nice photos too...

Thanks for the medicinal informations Simkin ji. . .

[Gurcharan Singh]

I also go with I. coccinea, sessile almost auricled leaves and acute petals.

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[tanay bose]

Botanical name : Ixora coccinea Linn.
Family : Rubiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Paranti, Patali, Raktala
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Kashaya, Tikta
Guna : Lakhu
Virya : Seeta
Vipaka : Katu
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Jungle flame ixora, Flame of the woods
Hindi : Rangan, Rugmini, Ranjan
Malayalam : Techi, Tetti, Kattutechi, Kattutechi,
Distribution – Growing wildly throughout Western Ghats, also in gardens. PLANT DESCRIPTION
A spreading hard wooded shrub grows up to 1 meter in height. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic, ovate, sessile, and coriaceous. Flowers scarlet red colored in dense corymbose cymes. Fruits globose, fleshy and purple when ripe, containing single seed.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, skin diseases, colic, flatulence, diarrhea, indigestion, ulcers, wounds, and used as antiseptic.
Useful part : Root, Leaves, Flowers.

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[sheji ramkumar]

adding ripened fruit

[tanay bose]

good catch Sheji Ji

TAnay

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:24 PM, sheji ramkumar <shej...@gmail.com> wrote:

adding ripened fruit

[tanay bose]

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Good1 sheji ji

On 5/14/10, sheji ramkumar <shej...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[sushrutha ck]

Nice photo Sheji ji

 

Sushrutha