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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Pratānikā (प्रतानिका) is another name for Prasāriṇī, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Paederia foetida Linn. or “skunkvine” from the Rubiaceae or “coffee” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.36-38 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Pratānikā and Prasāriṇī, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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 (Regional names)

1) Pratanika in India is the name of a plant defined with Aerva javanica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Celosia lanata L. (among others).

2) Pratanika is also identified with Orthosiphon thymiflorus It has the synonym Plectranthus tristis (Roth) Spreng. (etc.).

3) Pratanika is also identified with Paederia foetida It has the synonym Reussia sarmentosa Dennst. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen (1885)
· Bulletin of the Tokyo Science Museum (1948)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1819)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1830)
· Beskr. Guin. Pl. (1827)
· Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. (1955)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Pratanika, for example diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Prasarini.

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