False daisy
Scientific name
Eclipta prostrata
English Name
False daisy
Malayalam name
കയ്യോന്നി
Common name
False daisy, Bringaraj
Description
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : All over India in moisture, especially near the fields and water sources.
- Leaves : simple, opposite, sessile
- Flowers : white,Ray-flowers ligulate, white. Disk-flowers tubular
- Seed : black, elongated. like black cumin seed.
How to use
- Headache : The juice is applied over head to relieve headache
- Migraine : bhringaraj juice and goat’s milk are used as nasal drops.
- 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.