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False daisy

Submitted by admin on 3 October 2024
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Scientific name
Eclipta prostrata
English Name
False daisy
Malayalam name
കയ്യോന്നി
Common name
False daisy, Bringaraj

Description

  1. Habit : Herb
  2. Habitat : All over India in moisture, especially near the fields and water sources.
  3. Leaves : simple, opposite, sessile
  4. Flowers : white,Ray-flowers ligulate, white. Disk-flowers tubular
  5. Seed : black, elongated. like black cumin seed.
How to use
  1. Headache : The juice is applied over head to relieve headache
  2. Migraine : bhringaraj juice and goat’s milk are used as nasal drops. 
  3. Hair : Grey hair turns to black, if juice is applied over scalp.
Parts used
Whole plant
Uses

Hair Growth,Nasal drops and healing wounds

Propagation & Cultivation

It is a weed and collected from nature. No specific agro techniques is available. It can be propagated through seeds/stem cuttings.