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Specimen profile
Sensitive Plant
Mimosa pudica · Fabaceae
Skt · Lajjalu — “Shy or bashful, referring to its folding leaves”Hindi · Chhui MuiMal · ThottavadiTam · Thottarsinungi
A creeping subshrub renowned for its rapid thigmonastic leaf-folding reflex and cooling astringent virtues.
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Sensitive plant is a diffuse prickly perennial herb celebrated in Ayurveda for its styptic and wound-healing prowess. Its delicate fern-like leaflets collapse immediately upon tactile contact, symbolizing its unique bio-responsiveness. It is a valued Pitta-Kapha pacifier that excels in managing bleeding disorders and urogenital ailments.
Identification markers
Bipinnately compound leaves sensitive to touch, globose pink-purple powderpuff flower heads, and small bristly seed pods.
Rasa
Tikta, Kashaya
Guna
Laghu, Ruksha
Virya
Sheeta
Vipaka
Katu
Prabhava
Sandhaniya (wound-healing)
Dosha effect
PK- V+
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