Boerhavia diffusa Punarnava rakta Raktapunarnava

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Boerhavia diffusa

Scientific Name and Description

Boerhavia diffusa Linn.

Herb Family

Nyctaginaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Boerhaavia diffusa
Boerhavia repens L.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Sanskrit	Punarnava,bhauma, kathilah, kathilla, kathillak, kathillaka, kathillakah, katillah, krishnakhya, krura, lohita, mahavarsabhu, mandalpatrika, nava, navyaswara, nila, nilapunarnava, nilavarshabhu, nilini, pravrishayani, pravrishenya, punarbhava, punarnava, punarnavah, punarnavi, raktakanda, raktapatrika, raktapunarnava, raktapushpa, raktapushpika, raktavarshabhu, sarini, shilatika, shodhani, shonapatra, shophaghni, shothaghni, shyma, sinadika, sindika, sophaghni, sophagni, sothaghni, sothagni, tazutama, vaishakhi, varsabhu, varsabu, varshabhava, varshabhu, varshaketu, visakha, visakhah, vishaghni, vishakarpara, vishakharpara, vrsciva, vrscivah, vrusir
Hindi	Punarnava, beshakapore, chinawari, gadahpurna, gadhaparna, gadhapurna, ppunarnava, punarva, pundera, purnava, purnu, sant, santhi, satha, sathi, thikri
Marathi	Garier ,getulee, ghetuli, kharaparya, pandharighentuti, punarnava, raktavasu, rakthavasu, vasu, vosu
Gujarati	Gokhru
Kannada	Tripura, adaka puttana gida, adakaputtana gida, adathamaamidi, balavadike, belavadaka, gaayi, gaayimore thoppalu, ganajali, gonajali, komme gida, kommegida, nadu murukana balli, nadumurukana balli, rakta punarnava, sanaadika, sanadika, shovaata, sonaa jaali, thopparu
English	red spiderling, spreading hogweed, or tarvine, - punarnava, spreading hog-weed
Malayalam	talu-dama, talutama, tamilama, tavilama, thazhuthama
Telugu	ambati madu, atikamamidi, attatamamidi, attukamaamidi, punarnava, yerra galijeru
Tibetan	ba sbru ba
Urdu	tukhm-i-ispast
Common names	punarnava, red spiderling, spreading hogweed, tarvine.

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Homoeopathy

Folk

Pharmacological profile

Phytoconstituents

Boerhaavia diffusa Linn (Nyctaginaceae) is a small perennial creeping herb, commonly known as “Red hogweed” and distributed widely all over in India, and in many other countries. The root and the whole plant are used as an Ayurvedic medicine in India and Unani medicine in Arab countries for the treatment of diabetes, stress, inflammation and congestive heart failure. The plant is known to possess anti-inflammatory, diuretic and immunomodulatory activities. It has also been
reported to be useful in the treatment of elephantiasis and nephrotic syndrome.

The Boerhaavia diffusa plant contains a large number of such compounds as flavonoids, alkaloids, steroids, triterpenoids, lipids, lignins, carbohydrates, proteins, and glycoproteins. Also punarnavine, boeravinone and punarnavoside. The herb and roots are rich in proteins and fats. The herb contains 15 amino acids, including 6 essential amino acids, while the root contains 14 amino acids, including 7 essential amino acids.

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Herb usable parts

Roots

Leaves

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Herbal Remedies

Gokshura Punarnava Asthapana Basti

Ethnopharmacology use

Boerhavia diffusa L. Atikamamidi Nyctaginaceae Whole plant Anaemia, night blindness

Boerhavia diffusa L. Nyctaginaceae Mookkarattai Herb Leaves Decoction Diuretic and Antilipidemic

Herbs Medicinal Activity

Herbs Medical Indications

References

Literature

Dansi et al. 2008

Prasad et al 2008

Ramachandran et al 2009

Rao et al. 2006

Sharma et al. 2013

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Holm et al, The world’s worst weeds: Distribution and biology. East-West Center/ University Press of Hawaii; 1977. p. 467.

Chopra RN, Chopra IC, Varma BC. Supplement to Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Publications and Information Directorate, New Delhi; 1969.

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Ivan A. Ross. Medicinal Plants of World, Ind.J.surg. 1976; 38: 12

Chopra RW, Chopra IC, Handa KL, Kapur LD. Medicinal plants in diabetes. In: P.Gupta (ed), Indiginous Drugs of India, 2nd ed, Dhar and Sons Ltd, Calcutta, India; 1958. p. 314-316.

Kirtikar KR, Basu BD. Boerhaavia diffusa. Indian Medicinal Plants, 2nd ed, Lalit Mohan Basu Publications Allahabad; 1933. p. 1052- 1054.

Bhalla TN, Gupta MB, Bhargava KP. Antiinflammatory activity of Boerhaavia diffusa.. J Res Ind Med 1971; 6: 11-15.

Singh RP, Shokala KP, Pandey BL, Singh, RG, Usha, Singh R. Recent approach in clinical and experimental evaluation of diuretic action of Purnarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa) with special effect to nephrotic syndrome. J Ind Med Res 1992; 11: 29-36.

Mehrotra S, Mishra KP, Maurya R, Srimal RC, Singh VK. Immunomodulation by ethanolic extract of Boerhaavia diffusa roots. Int Immunopharmacol 2002; 2: 987-996.

Mishra J, Singh R. The effect of indigenous drug Boerhaavia diffusa on kidney regeneration. Ind J Pharmacol 1980; 12: 59-64.

Endangered Medicinal Plants A. B. Chaudhuri

Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112

Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH

Research

Boerhavia diffusa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerhavia_diffusa

Citations

Boerhavia diffusa. (2023, December 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerhavia_diffusa