{"id":604,"date":"2012-11-04T04:37:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T04:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=604"},"modified":"2013-10-24T06:30:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T06:30:28","slug":"bringraj-eclipta-erecta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=604","title":{"rendered":"Bringraj ~ Eclipta erecta, E. alba"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Bringraj<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Eclipta erecta, E. alba\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Eclipta-alba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1300\" title=\"Eclipta alba\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Eclipta-alba-300x218.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Eclipta-alba-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Eclipta-alba-700x510.jpg 700w, http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Eclipta-alba-332x241.jpg 332w, http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Eclipta-alba.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>(Ayurvedic name means &#8220;king of the bumblebees&#8221;\u009d, also called kesharaj, &#8220;king of the hair&#8221;\u009d)<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Asteraceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: herb, roots, leaves<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: found throughout India and the S.W. U.S.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>:\u00a0 alkaloids<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: cooling (some say mildly warming)<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rejuvenative tonic,<\/span> alterative, antipyretic, hemostatic, laxative, nervine, vulnerary<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: cholagogue (roots and leaves); root is tonic, alterative, emetic, purgative; leaf juice is a hepatic tonic and deobstruent<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: aging, cirrhosis, graying and balding <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(main Ayurvedic herb for hair<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: ear aches, skin disorders, poor sleep, spleen enlargement<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: 1:4 tincture: 1-3 ml tid; infusion: 1 tsp\/cup water, decoction: 1 tsp\/cup water, powder: 5 grams (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: may cause severe chills<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: none known<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/www.holistic-online.com\/Herbal-Med\/_Herbs\/h130.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringraj Latin name: Eclipta erecta, E. alba\u00a0 (Ayurvedic name means &#8220;king of the bumblebees&#8221;\u009d, also called kesharaj, &#8220;king of the hair&#8221;\u009d) Family: Asteraceae Part used: herb, roots, leaves Habitat: found throughout India and the S.W. U.S. Main constituents:\u00a0 alkaloids Energetics: cooling (some say mildly warming) Main herbal actions: rejuvenative tonic, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,102,4,37,36,163,49,90,32,46,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alterative","category-antipyretic","category-aryuvedic-herbs","category-cooling","category-energetics-taste","category-hemostatic","category-laxative","category-nervine","category-properties","category-tonic","category-vulnerary","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}