Artemisia nilagirica (Clarke) PampFamily: Asteraceae
- Common name: Indian wormwood, Nilgiri mugwort
- Assamese: দমনা domona, তংলতি tongloti
- Bengali: নাগদানা nagdana
- Garo: khel-bijak
- Gujarati: નાગદમન nagdaman, નાગદૌના nagdauna
- Hindi: दमनक damanak, ध्याम dhyam, दौना dauna, नागदोना nagadona
- Kannada: ಮಾಚಿಪತ್ರೆ machipatre, Manjepatre, Urigattige
- Malayalam: അനന്തൻപച്ച ananta-pacca, കാട്ടുകർപ്പൂരം kattu-kappuram, മക്കിപ്പൂവ് makkippuv, മാസീപത്രി masipatri
- Manipuri: লেইবাক ঙৌ leibakngou
- Marathi: ढोर दवणा dhor davana, गाठोणा gathona, नागदवण nagadavana
- Nepali: तितेपाती titepati
- Odia: ନାଗ ଦଅଣା naga daana
- Punjabi: ਤਤਵੇਣ tatwen
- Sanskrit: दमनक damanaka, नागदमनी nagadamani
- Tamil: மாசிபத்திரி maci-pattiri, மக்கீபூ makkipu, திருநாமச்செடி tirunamacceti
- Telugu: దవనము davanamu, మాచిపత్రి machi-patri
- Tulu: ಮಂಜಪತ್ರೆ manjapatre
- Chinese: 南亚蒿
Description: Undershrubs, ca. 1-3 m tall, aromatic, perennial, fruticose; stems paniculately branched, incanus, pubescent or tomentose. Leaves simple alternate, upper ones sometimes sessile; lamina ca. 1.5-8 x 1-4 cm, ovate, lacerated or pinnatifid, lobes acute, mucronate, pubescent above, white felted below. Capitulum solitary or fascicled in paniculate racemes, globose, ca. 0.2-0.4 cm in diam., yellowish white; involucral bracts 2-3-seriate, oblong-ovate, margins scarious. Achenes minute, oblong-elipsoid, blackish; pappus absent.
Uses: Used in Ayurveda. Plant narcotic, a remedy for asthma and brain diseases; tender shoot eaten for headache; intake of leaves and flower tops is poisonous, abortifacient. Leaves and flowers anthelmintic, insecticide, antiseptic. Sedative, smoke of burning dry leaves induces sleep; dry leaves smoked for hallucination; ground leaves applied to cuts and wounds, to stop bleeding; leaf oil applied as local anesthesia; leaves decoction applied on sores; leaves juice in fever and earache, boils, cuts, wounds, acute chest pain, and to stop nose bleeding; leaves juice mixed with water given for high fever and acute abdominal pain; leaves infusion as a bath after returning from the cremation ground. Leaves burnt to drive away insects and also for purification of air. Roots decoction tonic, antispasmodic. Ceremonial, fresh leaves used during religious ceremonies, puja/pooja and marriage; dried flowers used for worshipping the Lord Shiva; superstitious beliefs, plant placed in front of the doors or below the pillows believing that ghosts or spirits never enter the houses. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Used in menstrual disorders. Totos, Garos, and ethnic communities of Dehradun (Uttaranchal), Kashmir, Khed Taluka (Maharashtra) use the whole plant and different parts of the same for various other diseases. In allopathic system the herb, leaves and flowers are used as anthelmintic, antispasmodic and stomachic. [Herbal Cures: Traditional Approach]
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