COMPARATIVE PHARMACOGNOSTICAL EVALUATION OF ROOT AND LEAF OF PUNARNAVA (BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA L.) AND VARSHABHU (TRIANTHEMA PORTULACASTRUM L.)
*Dr. Deepak Mishra, Prof. R. B. Yadav and Dr. Sanjeev Ojha
ABSTRACT
Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa Linn.) is an important medicinal plant used in Ayurvedic system of Medicine since a long period. Varshabhu (Trianthema portulacastrum Linn), a common weed which grows very rapidly in rainy season, seems very similar to Punarnava in morphology. Generally there are found two varieties of Punarnava Rakta and Sveta according to many Acharya. But in Raja Nighantu another variety Nile Punarnava is also described. Some Acharya accept Rakta Punarnava as Boerhavia diffusa and Sveta Punarnava as Trianthema portulacastrum. Thakur Balvant Singh ji considered Boerhavia repens Linn as Sveta Punarnava and Boerhavia diffusa Linn. as Rakta Punarnava while mentioning Trianthema species as Sveta and Rakta Varshabhu.
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