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Botanical Name:
Mentha viridis
Pudina consists of the aerial part of Mentha viridis Linn.
(Synonym M. spicata var. viridis Linn), Family Lamiaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Putiha, Rocani, Podinakah
Bengali: Pudinaa
English: Spear-Mint, Garden Mint
Guajarati: Phudino
Hindi: Pudeenaa
Marathi: Pudinaa
Punjabi: Parari pudina
Tamil: Pudeenaa
Telugu: Pudeenaa
Botanical description:
Erect, creeping, aromatic, perennial herb, to 50 cm tall.
Stems mostly square in cross scetion, hairy. Leaves
opposite, petiolate, ovate to elliptical, broadest below the
middle, 2-5 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide, serrate; petioles 3- 10
mm long. Flowers in dense, many flowered verticillasters;
calyx tubular or campanulate, 2.5-3 mm long, 10-13 nerved,
5-toothed; corolla white or pale rose, 4-5 mm long, corolla
tube as long as calyx, limb 4-lobed, 3-4 mm long; upper lobe
emarginate, larger; stamens 4, in 2 pairs, usually exserted.
Fruit of 4 smooth, reticulate, or tubercled nutlets.
Parts used:
Whole herb
Major chemical constituent:
Essential oil containing 70-90% l-menthol, other
monoterpenoids and sesquiterpenoids as l-menthone, cineol,
caryophyllene, l-limonene, isomenthone, germacrene-D,
piperitone, pulegone
Therapeutic uses:
• Chronic fever (Jirna Jvara)
• Pain (Sula)
• Digestive impairment (Agnimandya)
• Dyspepsia (Ajirna)
• Tastelessness (Aruci)
• Diarrhoea (Atisara)
• Asthma (Svasa)
• Emesis (Chardi)
• Flatulance (Adhmana)
• Hiccup (Hikka)
• Cough (Kasa)
• Worm infestation (Krmi)
• Dysuria (Mutrakrcchra)
• Dysmenorrhoea (Kasthartava)
• Puerperal fever (Prasutijvara)
• Intoxication (Mada)
• Gastro-enteritis with piercing pain (Visucika)
• Malabsorption syndrome (Grahani)
• (Vaktrajadya)
• Fever (Jvara) |
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