यज्ञभूषणः
यज्ञाङ्गः
यज्ञियः
यूथिका
यवनॆष्टः
यवनॆष्ठः
यवफलः
यवफलॊ
यवमिन्द्रयवं
यवासः
यष्टीपुष्पः
यष्टीमधु
यष्टीमधुकम्
यावनालः
यासः
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कुशः
Botanical name -
Desmostachya bipinnata
Description -
The Desmostachya bipinnata. A perennial, tall, tufted grass with a thick scaly root stock, creeping stout root stock is covered with shining sheaths. Many leaves, basal fascicled, reaching 20 in long, broad at the base, with filiform tips and hispid margins. panicles erect, narrowly pyramidal. Sessile spikelets, 2-seriate and crowded, pale brown. Grains obliguely ovoid, laterally Compressed
Chemical Constituents-
Use -
It is Diuretic, cooling in nature, improves the complexion, heals internal and external wounds. Used in menorrhagia, dysentery, repeated abortions, in epilepsy, diabetes and piles.
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