%0 Journal Article %T Preliminary Pharmacognostic and Phytochemical Investigation of Blepharis sindica-T. Anders Seeds %A Anil Kumar Sharma %A Apurva Priyadarshi %A Mohal Lal Jaiswal %A Rajesh Kumari %J Archive of "Ancient Science of Life". %D 2016 %R 10.4103/asl.ASL_29_16 %X Blepharis sindica ¨C T. Anders of family Acanthaceae is an important medicinal plant which is mainly used as an invigorating tonic, given to cattle to increase milk production and its roots are used for urinary discharge and dysmenorrhea. It is commonly known as ¡°Bha£¿g¨¡r¨©¡±. It is extensively used traditionally as V¨¡j¨©k¨¡raka and V£¿£¿ya (Aphrodisiac) by vaidyas of Rajasthan and Gujarat. The seeds of Blepharis sindica T. Anders are the parts of the plant valued for their medicinal value %K Bhangari %K Blepharis sindica %K Pharmacognostic studies %K preliminary phytochemical %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382822/