<p><b>Botanical name</b>: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Ecliptaprostrata&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags&amp;s=int">Eclipta prostrata</a></i>
- [ (Ek-lip-tuh) from Greek <i>ekleipo</i> meaning "deficient," and referring to the absence of a pappus; (prost-RAY-tuh) prostrate ]
<b>Synonyms</b>: <i>Eclipta alba</i> • <i>Eclipta erecta</i> • <i>Eclipta punctata</i> • <i>Verbesina alba</i> • <i>Verbesina prostrata</i>
<b>Family</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/tags/Asteraceae/">Asteraceae</a> (aster, daisy, or sunflower family)
- [ (ass-ter-AY-see-ay) the aster (daisy) family; formerly Compositae ]
</p><p>Common names of <i>Eclipta prostrata</i>:
<b>Chamorro</b>: titima • <b>Chinese</b>: han lian cao • <b>Chuukese</b>: soopal • <b>English</b>: eclipta, false daisy, swamp daisy, trailing eclipta, white eclipta, white heads • <b>Fijian</b>: colulu, tamandu, tamudi, tholulu • <b>Filipino</b>: higis manok • <b>French</b>: éclipte blanche, éclipte droite • <b>Gujarati</b>: bhangra • <b>Hindi</b>: babri, bhamgra, bhangra, bhangraiya, mochkand • <b>Japanese</b>: takasaburo • <b>Kannada</b>: ajagara, garagadasappu, garugalu, kadiggagaraga • <b>Malayalam</b>: kaikeshi, kannuni, kayyunni • <b>Maori (Cook Islands)</b>: miri mapua, pitorea • <b>Oriya</b>: kesarda • <b>Palauan</b>: deberebelela tengadidik • <b>Sanskrit</b>: भ्रिंगराज bhringraj, केशराज kesharaja, kesharanjana, krajah • <b>Spanish</b>: anisillo, florcita, hierba de tajo, yerba de tago, yerba de tajo  • <b>Tamil</b>: kaikeshi, karisalankanni, kaiyanthagarai, கரிசிலாங்கண்ணி karisilanganni, kavanthakara • <b>Telugu</b>: galagara, galagara chettu, gunta galijeru, gunta kalagara, kaikeshi • <b>Urdu</b>: babri, bhangra • <b>Zulu</b>: ungcolozi • <b>and, unknown</b>: daun dakelin, keremek hutan, li ch'ang, maka, mo-han-lian, rumput migus, ubat rambut panjang, urang-aring
</p><p>Eclipta grows abundantly in the tropics and is used with success in ayurvedic medicine. <i>Bhringaraj</i> was used by Hindus in their <i>Shradh</i>, the ceremony for paying respect to a recently deceased person. This plant is one of the Hindu’s "Ten Auspicious Flowers" and one of its <i>ayurvedic</i> name is केशराज meaning "the king of hair".
</p><p><b>Medicinal use</b>: It is mainly used in hair oils, but it has been considered a good drug in hepatotoxicity. In hair oils, it may be used alongwith <i>Centela asiatica</i> (<i>Brahmi</i>) and <i>Phyllanthus emblica</i> (<i>Amla</i>). The juice of the plant with honey is given to infants with castor oil for expulsion of worms. The paste prepared by mincing fresh plants has got an anti-inflammatory effect and may be applied to insect bites, stings, swellings and other skin diseases. There are many other <i>ayurvedic</i> uses of this herb.
</p><p><b>Courtesy</b>:
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/139580/index.html">Dave's Garden</a>
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zipcodezoo.com/plants/e/eclipta_prostrata.asp">Zipcode Zoo</a>
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hear.org/pier/species/eclipta_prostrata.htm">www.hear.org/pier/species/eclipta_prostrata.htm</a>
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- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Eclipta.html">Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/486463991/">Kesharaja (Sanskrit: केशराज)</a>