Botanical Name    - Eclipta alba

Family name        - Asteraceae

English name       - False Daisy , trailing eclipta

Hindi                   –  bhamgra

Kannada             –  garagada soppu

Malayalam          - kayyoni

Tamil                   - kayyantakara

Telgu                   - galagara

Sanskrit name -Bhringraj,  Bringa, mahanila , markava 

Bringraja is considered to be one of the main drugs in Ayurveda. The word bringraja means the one which makes the hair silky and Shiny as that of a peacock. Bringaraja helps  in strengthing of the hair as well as blackening the hair. It is also effective  in the liver disorders.The seeds of the plant is effective in increasing the sexual vigour in a person.it is widely present in india especially in waste land and near to the road side.

Part used -whole plant

Rasa (taste)- Katu ( pungent) Tikta ( bitter)

Guna( properties )- Ruksha ( rough) Laghu(lighter)

Virya (potency)- Ushna

Vipaka ( end product after digestion )- Katu( pungent )

Action on doshas- Balances Kapha and Vata dosha (Kaphavatanut)

Benifits of Bringaraja

• Keshya -strengthening the hair
• Kesharanjana- reducing whitening of hair
• Rasayana- rejuvenation of the body
• Kasanut -reduces cough
• Swasanut-reduces breathing disorders
• Kushtanut-Reduces skin diseases
• Dantharogahara-reduce dental disorders
• Sironetrarujapaha-reduces the diseases of eyes as well as Head
• Amahara-helps to digest the ama
• Shothahara-helps to reduce inflammation

Home remedies

For hair preventing whitening of hair – oil prepared out of juice of the bringraja leaf can be used

 For  strengthening the roots of hair - bhringaraja can also be used internally in the form of the juice which is taken out from bhringaraja leaf