Jeevak
Botanical name - Microstylis wallichii
Family - Orchideaceae
A terrestrial, robust herb, up to 25 cm high. Stem tending to be psuedobulbous at base. Leaves 3-5, elliptic acuminate, sheathing at base.
Flower deep pink in crowded, terminal dense to lax racemes, bracts deflexed. It is Cooling, febrifuge and spermopiotic, used in bleeding diathesis, burning sensation, fever and phthisis.
Family - Orchideaceae
A terrestrial, robust herb, up to 25 cm high. Stem tending to be psuedobulbous at base. Leaves 3-5, elliptic acuminate, sheathing at base.
Flower deep pink in crowded, terminal dense to lax racemes, bracts deflexed. It is Cooling, febrifuge and spermopiotic, used in bleeding diathesis, burning sensation, fever and phthisis.
