Kerala Herbals
Purple Fleabane (Somaraji) (Cyanthillium cinereum)
Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Purple Fleabane (Somaraji)

Cyanthillium cinereum

SinónimoVernonia cinerea
FamiliaAsteraceae
SanskritSahadevi
हिंदीसहदेवी
മലയാളംപൂവാംകുറുന്നില
Partes usadaswhole plant

Little ironweed is a small annual herb of the sunflower family with slender stems and tiny purple flowers. It grows as a common weed across tropical Asia and Africa, and in Kerala it is known as poovamkurunnila.

It is one of the Dashapushpam, the ten sacred flowers of Kerala. Known in Sanskrit as Sahadevi, the whole plant is traditionally used in Ayurvedic and folk preparations for general wellness.

Los artículos son información general sobre Ayurveda y no constituyen consejo médico. Ante cualquier problema de salud, consulta a un médico cualificado.

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