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| Bangla Name : | Moragphul, Lalmurga, Huldimuga |
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| English Name : | Cock’s Comb. |
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| Family : | Amaranthaceae |
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| Disease : | Cooling, alexiteric, dysentery, strangury. diarrhoea , menstrual discharges,cough, diarrhoea, dysentery and seminal diseases |
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| Description : | A tall annual branching herb. Leaves linear to ovate, acute or acuminate, up to 23 cm long. Flowers minute, in dense terminal, cylindrical spike, sometimes excessively developed like cock’s-comb crest, Colour of the spikes varies from yellow, pink or rose. |
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| Distribution : | Grown in garden |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Hyaluronic acid has been isolated from the plant (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
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| Uses : | Plants are cooling and alexiteric, useful in dysentery and strangury. The flowers are considered astringent, used in diarrhoea and excessive menstrual discharges. Seeds are demulcent, useful in painful urination, cough, diarrhoea, dysentery and seminal di |
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| Habit : | Herb |
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