Witnessed by: Ayurveda

Brahmadandi (Tricholepis glaberrima), of the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. Slender erect annual herb with narrow leaves and small thistle-like purplish heads; native range: the dry open country and grassy waste ground of peninsular India, chiefly the Deccan. Globally recognized as brahmadandi in Sanskrit, brahmadandi in Hindi, and brahmadandi in Marathi. The part used is whole plant, seed. A wiry, nearly smooth herb whose heads dry to a bristly involucre, the taste plainly bitter.

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