Abstract

A COMPREHENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW ON AJAMODA (APIUM GRAVEOLENS)

Dr. Pushpa Hebbal* Mrinal N. Rudragoudar

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Abstract

Ayurveda is one of the world‟s oldest holistic healing system. Ayurveda, the science of life and it is often called “mother of all healing”. Ayurvedic herbs play an important role in Ayurvedic treatment, from ancient time to this modern time. Indian medicinal plants are the essence of ayurveda and Ayurvedic treatments. They produce miraculous effect when they used judicially and clocking with the basic principles. The drug AJAMODA(Apium graveloens Linn.), which is available everywhere and is known to have multiple actions. The genus Apium include twenty species, that species that spread across the globe with major distribution in Europe and Asia. India is endowed with rich wealth of medicinal plants. In Indian system of medicine Apium Graveolens, it is used for treating Joint pain, fluid retention, Bronchitis, Asthma, Spleen and liver disorders. Ajamoda is a fragrant plant with multifaceted medicinal properties like anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, anti-bacterial etc. It is used as single remedy in medicinal preparation. The current review is to summarize its historal review, Discription, therapeutic activity, Pharmocological activity of Apium graveolens mentioned in various ayurvedic as well as modern literature.

Keywords: Apium Graveolens, Antimicrobial action, pharmacology.