www.malaysianherbals.com-(121)-பண்ணைக் கீரை--Cockscomb

                                   பண்ணைக் கீரை; மகிழிக் கீரை

                         வயிற்றுப் புண்ணை ஆற்ற

                                                                    COCKS COMB

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Do you know the leaves can be cooked as spinach?

Celosia argentea var. cristata (formerly Celosia cristata), known as cockscomb, is the cristate or crested variety of the species Celosia argentea. It was likely originally native to India, where it was saved from extinction in cultivation by the religious significance attached to the variety by Indian, Burmese, and Chinese gardeners who planted it near temples.

 The name cockscomb is used as the flower looks like the head on a rooster (cock). The plants are resistant to most diseases, and grow equally well indoors or out, though the perfect place is one with no shade and a well-drained soil, as the plant is susceptible to fungal diseases.

The plant is mainly cultivated as an ornamental plant for its spectacular flowering and is highly appreciated by horticulturists for its originality because it has inflorescences in the form of wavy crest. The flowers can be cut and dried to make dry bouquets and are used frequently as ornamental plants indoors. Their leaves and flowers can be used as vegetables. They are often grown as foods in India, Western Africa, and South America.

The plants can be grown easily from the seeds. Since the plants are of tropic origin, they thrive in areas with tropical climate. However, they can also be grown in summer months in the colder climate. The plants being annual plants, grow for only about one fourth of a year. A soil temperature of about 16 °C (60 °F) is ideal for growth. This plant likes healthy soils, rich in organic matter and a full sun or partial shade exposure. It sows from March to May on a warm diaper, then it must be transplanted once or twice and put in place in May–June, 30–35 cm in all directions. During the summer it is necessary to water it copiously, with the foot especially and will bloom until the frosts.

Ingredients include water, vitamin C, carotenoids, protein, nitrate, and oxalate. In addition, triterpene saponins could be detected in the roots and seeds of the silver fire. Sugar was found in the root, and flavonoids in leaves and stems. The seeds showed a diuretic effect. Yellow inflorescences of cristata and plumosa may contain high doses of dopamine. Celosian, a polysaccharide from the seeds of the cockscomb tuft, shows the animal model hepatoprotective and immunostimulating effects as well as the aqueous extract from the seeds, wherein also an anti-metastatic effect in the liver of mice could be detected. The alcohol extract of the seeds generates an anti-diabetic effect in certain laboratory rats.(121)

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