Witnessed by: Unani

Badranjboya (Nepeta hindostana), of the Lamiaceae family. Erect softly hairy aromatic annual or short-lived perennial herb of the mint kind, with whorled pale flowers; native range: the plains and lower hills of northern India and Pakistan, a weed of waste and cultivated ground. Globally recognized as badharanjbuya · bazranjboya in Arabic, badranjboya · faranjmushk in Persian, badranjboya · billilotan in Urdu, and Indian balm · Indian catmint in English. The part used is the whole herb — leaf and flowering top. Grey-green wrinkled leaves on a square stem, releasing a lemony, minty scent when rubbed; the taste faintly bitter, aromatic and cooling on the breath.

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