Dosage Whole plant—10—20 ml juice. (CCRAS.)
Martynia annua Linn.
Synonym M. diandra Glox.
Family Martyniaceae.
Habitat Native of Mexico; found throughout India.
English Devil’s Claw, Tiger Claw.
Ayurvedic Kaakanaasikaa, Kaakaangi, Shirobal.
Siddha/Tamil Kakatundi, Thelkodukkukai.
Folk Hathajori, Bichhuu.
Action Leaf—used in epilepsy, also applied to tuberculous glands of the neck. Fruit—anti-inflammatory. Ash of the fruit, mixed with coconut
400 Matricaria chamomilla Linn.
oil, is applied on burns. Seed oil— applied on abscesses and for treating itching and skin affections.
The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends the seed for arresting greying of hair.
Flowers gave (several flavonoids including apigenin, luteolin, apigenin-7- O-beta-D-glucuronide, luteolin-7-O- beta-D-glucuronide, pellargonidin-3, 5-diglucoside, cyanidin-3-galactoside.
The essential oil from the plant moderately inhibited passive cutaneous anaphylaxis in animals.
Pentatropis microphylla W. & A. and P spiralis Decne have also been equated with Kaakanaasaa, Kaakanaasikaa.
Dosage Dried seed—2—5 g. (API, Vol. III.)
Matricaria chamomilla Linn.
Family Compositae; Asteraceae.
Habitat Native of Europe; grown in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
English German Chamomile,
Chamomile. German chamomile flower is equated with Matricaria recutita L. (synonym Chamomilla recutita L.) and Roman Chamomile flower with Anthemis nobilis L.
(synonym Chamamaelum nobilis L.)
Unani Baabunaa.
Action Sedative, anticonvulsant, carminative, antispasmodic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic. See also Anthem is nobilis.
Key application (German Chamomile)
