VRUSCHIKALI

1. Botanical name : Heliotropium indicum
2. Family : Boraginaceae
3. Tamil :Tel kotukki
4. Hindi :Hathaori
5. Malayalam :Thekkida
6. English : Indian heliotrope, Indian turnsole
7. Habit : An annual, erect, branched plant that can grow to a height of about 15–50 cm with a hairy stem bearing alternating ovate to oblong-ovate leaves. It has small white or purple flowers with a green calyx, five stamens borne on a corolla tube; a terminal style and a four-lobed ovary
8. Distribution : The plant is native to Asia. It is a common weed in waste places and settled areas
9. Useful Part : Whole plant, Fruit.
10. Rasa Panchaka
    • Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya, Madhura
    • Guna: Guru, Snigdha, Picchila
    • Veerya: Sheta
    • Vipaka : Madhura
    • Karma : Tridosha hara, Medhya, Balya,
11. Indications : Apasmara, Mutra krichra, Aruchi, Sosha.