RESPONSES OF LUNAR-PHASES ON THE GROWTH OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS LINN. (LEGUMINOSAE) AND ITS EFFECTS AS CRUDE DRUG ON DISEASES

Indian or wild Liquorice Root (Abrus precatorius Linn) or Gunge seeds have been in use in Ayurvedic System of Medicine since long. There are three varieties. (viz, red seed with black eye, black seed with white eye, and white seed with no eye.)

The plants were cultured on specially prepared raised beds on different days according to Lunar phases and they showed that it effects the entire morphology, flowering and fruiting of the plants.

Experiments and cultivation trials show that moon phase plantation effects the size and the weight of the seeds.

The Crude drug prepared from these plants which were grown on different Lunar phases showed that the response to clinical trials vary with the type of plants used.

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