BOTANICAL NAME

LEONOTIS NEPETIIFOLIA

FAMILY

LAMIACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Granthiparni, Granthiparna

HINDI : Gathivan, Hejurchei

DISTRIBUTION

Naturalized almost throughout the hotter parts of India, often cultivated, nowhere common. Distributed in tropical Asia, Africa and America

DOSE

Root powder 5-10 gm

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Nepetaefolinol, Leonotinin, Methoxynepetaefolin, Octene, Ocimene, Caryophyllene, Copaene, Octacosanol, Campesterol

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Laghu, Tikshan

Tikt

Katu

Ushan

Kaphvatanashak

THERAPEUTIC USES

Skin diseases

Asthma

Poisoning

Burns

Lxative

Narcotic

Amenorrhoea

Fever

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Mritasanjivani sura