\nLatin name: Achyranthes aspera Linn. \nFamily: Amaranthaceae \nSanskrit: Mayura, Mayuraka, Pratyakpushpa, Kharamanjar, Shikhari \nBengali: Apamg \nEnglish: Prickly Chaff Flower \nGujrati: Aghedo \nHindi: Chirchita, Latjira \nKannada: Uttarani<\/td>\n | Malayalam: Katalati \nMarathi: Aghada \nPunjabi: Puthakanda \nTamil: Nayuruvi \nTelugu: Uttarenu \nUrdu: Chirchita \nFolk: Chirchitta, Chichidaa, Latjeeraa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\u00a0 <\/h3>\nHealth Benefits Of Chirchita (Prickly chaff flower):<\/h1>\nEar pain, Infection in ear<\/h4>\nTake fresh leaves of Apamarg and wash to remove dirt. Grind and extract its juice. Put few drops in ear to cure infection of ear.<\/p>\n Eye problem, redness in eye<\/h4>\nTake fresh root of Apamarg and clean it carefully to remove dirt and soil. Grind it with rose water and apply in eyes to cure eye infection.<\/p>\n Mouth ulcer<\/h4>\nChew few clean, fresh leaves of Apamarg.<\/p>\n Migraine<\/h4>\nGrind ripe seed of Apamarga to make powder. Smell this powder while suffering from migraine.<\/p>\n Back ache<\/h4>\nTake Apamarga leaves and rub in the affected areas on the back.<\/p>\n Boils, wounds, eczema<\/h4>\nExtract the Apamarga juice and rub it on the affected areas.<\/p>\n Wound<\/h4>\nExtract juice leaves and use them to wash wounds and heal quickly.<\/p>\n Insect bites<\/h4>\nApply fresh leaf juices to the affected areas.<\/p>\n Kidney problem, pneumonia<\/h4>\nTake apachanga panchang (5 gm) in water (200 ml) until the volume is reduced to 50 ml, filter and drink.<\/p>\n Enlargement of spleen<\/h4>\nPrepare the powder of the whole plant. Take this powder (2 tablespoons) with milk with butter twice a day.<\/p>\n Bleeding piles<\/h4>\nTake fresh Apamarg leaves and wash them to remove dirt. Grind with water and make pasta. Mix the oil in this paste and apply this in the affected areas.<\/p>\n Cold and cough<\/h4>\nBoil Apamarga leaves in water and cook for 15 minutes. Strain and drink warm.<\/p>\n Fever<\/h4>\nTake juice of apamarga leaves (1 tablespoon) with gur.<\/p>\n Cholera<\/h4>\nTake the root powder of Apamargah (1 tablespoon). Add a glass of water and drink.<\/p>\n Diarrhoea, dysentery<\/h4>\nApamarga dry leaves in the shade and ground to make powder. Take this powder with honey or misri twice a day. Or drink fresh leaf juices (5-10 ml) every three hours to cure diarrhea.<\/p>\n Abdominal pain<\/h4>\nRemove juice leaves and take (2 tablespoons) with a glass of water.<\/p>\n Dropsy<\/h4>\nTake Apamarga panchang (4 tablespoons) and boil in water (200 ml). Cook for twenty minutes. Strain and drink<\/p>\n Paralysis<\/h4>\nPrepare the root powder of the herb. Take this with a glass of milk.<\/p>\n |