Witnessed by: Ayurveda
Lakshmana (Ipomoea sepiaria), of the Convolvulaceae family. Slender twining perennial bindweed of hedges, with arrow-shaped leaves and pale pink funnel flowers; native range: hedges, field margins and damp waste ground across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Globally recognized as lakṣmaṇā · putradā in Sanskrit, lakshmana in Hindi, and hedge morning glory in English. The part used is root. Slender pale root, faintly sweet then bitter on the tongue.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
LAKSHMANA
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- lakshmana
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea sepiaria Koenig ex Roxb.
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
Form
- Part used
- root
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Ayurveda
- sweet (madhura) · bitter (tikta)
Temperature
- Ayurveda
- cooling (shita)
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Ayurveda
- garbhaprada (promotes conception), balya (strengthening), rasayana (rejuvenating), vrishya (generative), pittashamaka (pacifies pitta), vranaropana (heals wounds)
Cautions
- Contraindications
- kapha disorders and feeble digestion
- Toxicity
- low in customary use
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