Lepidium sativum Linn
Primary Characteristics
Primary Characteristics
Lepidium sativum Linnbelongs to Cruciferae, family.
The Arabic Names for this herb are Amarinom, Farasiyun Qalb.
The English Names for this herb are Garden Cress, Pepperwort.
The Urdu Names for this herb are Ahera, Ahero, Habul Reshad, Halim, Haliyon, Halun, Hurf.
Pharmacological Actions
The pharmacological Actions of Lepidium sativum Linn are Abortifacient, Alterative, Anthelmintic, Aperient, Aphrodisiac, Appetizer, Carminative, Diuretic, Ecbolic, Emmenagogue, Expectorant, Galactagogue, Resolvent, Stimulant, Tonic, Vesicant.
Leaves:
DiureticStimulant Mucilage(seed):
Soothing
Indications
The Indications of Leaves of Lepidium sativum Linn are Brain Insufficiency, Rheumatism, Inflammations, Spleen Affections, Muscular Pain, Bronchitis, Chest Complaints.
The Indications of Seed of Lepidium sativum Linn are Seminal Debility, Skin Diseases, Freckles, Rheumatic Pain, Leucorrhoea, Asthma, Pre-Mature Ejaculation, Enlargement of Spleen, Debility, Cough.
The Indications of Decoction (seed) of Lepidium sativum Linn are Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hiccup, Skin Complaints, Blood Impurities, Chronic Enlargement of Spleen.
The Indications of Seed (powder) of Lepidium sativum Linn are Functional Weakness of Semen, Diarrhoea, Leucorrhoea, Rheumatism, Indigestion, Lumbago, Dysentery, General Debility.
No Contra Indication information is available for Lepidium sativum Linn.
Temperaments
The Temperament of Lepidium sativum Linn is 2nd order, warm and dry.
Available Brands
Compound Preparations
Lepidium sativum Linn is used in the preparation of Hab Khubs Al-Hadid compounds.
Dosage
Part | Dose | Instruction |
Whole Herb | 2.000g | |
Herb's Description
Lepidium sativum Linn is a shrub, is biennial. Fruit dehiscent silicles, oblong, ovate, obovate, cordate, obcordate, elliptic, or orbicular, strongly angustiseptate; valves veinless or prominently veined, keeled or not, apically winged or wingless; replum rounded; septum complete or perforated, membranous; style absent, obsolete, or distinct, included or exserted from apical notch of fruit; stigma capitate, entire or rarely 2-lobed
Lepidium sativum Linn's Leaves. Cauline leaves petiolate or sessile, base cuneate, attenuate, auriculate, sagittate, or amplexicaul, margin entire, dentate, or dissected. Racemes ebracteate, corymbose, elongated or not in fruit.
Lepidium sativum Linn's Seed. Seeds 1 per locule, winged, margined, or wingless, oblong or ovate, plump or flattened; seed coat smooth, minutely reticulate, or papillate, usually copiously mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons incumbent, rarely accumbent or diplecolobal.
Taste Odor & Occurrence
Occurence: It occurs in Asia, Europe, Pakistan.
Taste: Pungent,Mucilagenous
Substitutes
No information regarding Lepidium sativum Linn's substitute is currently available.
Active Constituents
Lepidium sativum Linn's Active constituents:
Antidotes
No information regarding Lepidium sativum Linn's antidot is currently available.
Warning & Precautions
The seeds in large doses or prolonged use are described as harmful for kidneys.
Toxicity
Currently no Toxicity information is available for Lepidium sativum Linn. (work in progress)