Desmodium gangeticum: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Desmodium gangeticum means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Source: Asian Agri-History: Paśu Āyurvēda (Veterinary Medicine) in GaruḍapurāṇaDesmodium gangeticum (one of the ten Daśamūla) is used in the treatment of elephants (Gajāyurveda or Hastyāyurveda), according the Garuḍapurāṇa.—The drugs, treatments enumerated in connection with diseases of horses may also be employed in the diseases of elephants. But the dosage is four times of that of a horse. In Garuḍapurāṇa a kaṣāya known as Rogasāmaka-kaṣāya mentioned for treating the diseases of elephants. It is made up of the following pacifying drugs:—[...] Daśamūla (roots of ten plants viz. Aegle marmelos, Oroxylum indicum, Premna integrifolia, Gmelina arborea, Stereospermum suaveolens, Solanum xanthocarpum, Solanum indicum, Uraria lagopodioides, Desmodium gangeticum, and Tribulus terrestris) [...].
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Aeschynomene gangetica Poir., Aeschynomene gangetica (L.) Poir., Aeschynomene maculata (L.) Poir., Aeschynomene maculata Poir., Desmodium cavaleriei H. Lév., Desmodium gangeticum Blanco, Desmodium gangeticum DC., Desmodium gangeticum var. maculatum (L.) Baker, Desmodium gangeticum var. ramnagari Haines, Desmodium lanceolatum Schindl. ex Gagnep., Desmodium lanceolatum Walp., Desmodium lanceolatum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Walp., Desmodium latifolium DC., Desmodium latifolium Wight, Desmodium maculatum DC., Desmodium maculatum (L.) DC., Desmodium natalitium Sond., Desmodium natalitum Sond., Desmodium polygonoides Baker, Desmodium polygonoides Welw. ex Baker, Desmodium salicifolium DC., Desmodium salicifolium (Poir.) DC., Desmodium salicifolium Mart. ex Benth., Hedysarum collinum Salisb., Hedysarum collinum Roxb., Hedysarum gangeticum L., Hedysarum lanceolatum Schumach., Hedysarum lanceolatum Schumach. & Thonn., Hedysarum maculatum L., Hedysarum ochroleucum Moench, Hedysarum pseudogangeticum Miq., Meibomia gangetica Kuntze, Meibomia gangetica (L.) Kuntze, Meibomia polygonodes Kuntze, Meibomia polygonodes (Baker) Kuntze, Meibomia polygonodes (Welw. ex Baker) Kuntze, Pleurolobus gangeticus J.St.-Hil., Pleurolobus maculatus J.St.-Hil..
References regarding Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Methodus (Moench) (1794)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1798)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1805)
· Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, (1812)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Beskr. Guin. Pl. (1827)
· Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) (1842)
· Flora de Filipinas ed. 2 (1845)
· Linnaea (1850)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1871)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Fl. Kouy-Tcheou (1914)
· Fl. Indo-Chine (1920)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1963)
· Tropical Plant Science Research. New Delhi (1983)
· Cytologia (1985)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+178): Astamati, Vataghni, Murelehonne, Sarvanukarini, Guha, Vidarigandha, Shalidala, Anshumati, Salvan, Gitanaram, Kumuda, Shaliparni, Triparṇa, Sthira, Dirghapattraka, Kareti, Kankashatru, Supatri, Dirghamoola, Olaworokoko.
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Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CCXXVII - Different names of the Ayurvedic Drugs < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Medicines (a): Roots (Mūla) < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]
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