Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants

Ayyappana   അയ്യപ്പന

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ayapana
Botanical name: Eupatorium ayapana vent
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Ayaparna, Ajaparna
English: Ayapana tea
Hindi: Ayapan
Malayalam: Ayyappana

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Ayyappana helps in stoping all external bleeding.
Ayapana triplinervis (aya-pana, Water Hemp) is a tropical American shrub in the Asteraceae family. This plant has long slender leaves which are often used to make a stimulating medicine. It contains Herniarin, a methoxy analog of umbelliferone, while its essential oil containsthymohydroquinone dimethyl ether.
The flowers are pale pink and the thin, hairless stem is reddish in colour.