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Specimen profile
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Tagetes erecta · Asteraceae
Skt · Jhandu — “Dense clustered golden head”Hindi · GendaMal · ChendumalliTam · Thulukka Samandi
An aromatic flowering herb used extensively in indigenous medicine to cleanse wounds, arrest bleeding, and heal ulcers.
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Tagetes erecta is an aromatic, stout, branching annual herb displaying vibrant golden-orange flower heads packed with carotenoids. Although naturalized later in classical lineage, it is fully integrated into Ayurvedic Dravyaguna as an exceptional Raktastambhana and Vranaropana remedy. The whole plant yields strong pungent aromatic principles used to soothe skin eruptions and earaches.
Identification markers
Pinnately divided aromatic leaves with gland-dotted margins; large solitary flower heads ranging from bright yellow to deep orange on swollen peduncles.
Rasa
Tikta, Kashaya
Guna
Laghu, Ruksha
Virya
Sheeta
Vipaka
Katu
Prabhava
Vranaropana
Dosha effect
PK- V+
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