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Botanical Name:
Pluchea lanceolata
Rasna consists of dried leaf of Pluchea lanceolata Oliver &
Hiern, Family Asteraceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Sugandhmula, Malaya, Vaca, Sthulagranthih,
Mahabhari Vaca, Rasna
Assamese: Khulanjaana
Bengali: Kulanjan, Kurachi Vach
English: Greater galangal, Javagalangal
Gujarati: Kulinjan Jaanu, Kolinjan
Hindi: Kulanjan, Kulinjan
Kannada: Doddarasagadde, Dhoomraasmi
Malayalam: Aratta, Ciffaratta
Marathi: Kulinlan, Koshta Kulinjan, Mothe Kolanjan
Tamil: Arattai, Sittarattai
Telugu: Dumparaastramu
Botanical description:
Pluchea lanceolata is an annual, ashy and pubescent,
undershrub having spreading roots extending to several
metres; it grows abundantly in sandy soils in upper Gangetic
plain and Rajasthan. It flowers during cold season.
Parts used:
Rhizome
Major chemical constituent:
Essential oil, containing α - pinene, β - pinene, limonene,
cineol, terpinen - 4 - ol and α - terpineol
Therapeutic uses:
• Inflammation (Sotha)
• Disease due to Vata dosa (Vatavyadhi)
• Dyspnoea/Asthma (Svasa)
• Cough (Kasa)
• Fever (Jvara)
• Ascites (Udararoga)
• Pityriasis versicolor (Sidhma)
• Gout (Adhyavata / Vatarakta)
• Rheumatism (Amavata) |
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