Akarkara Flowers Plants [Acmella oleracea] Seeds for Home Garden | Pack of 5grams | Ayurvedic Herbal Medicinal Plants Seeds

Medicinal: Its leaves and flowers contain spilanthol, which provides a local anesthetic effect and is used to treat toothaches and sore throats.. Spilanthol: This is a key compound in Acmella oleracea responsible for its anesthetic properties and the characteristic tingling sensation it produces.. What is Acmella oleracea used for? Akarkara [Acmella oleracea] is an important medicinal plant; it is used to treat toothaches, hepatitis, malaria, fever is also described as an anticancer plant.. The plant's flower is used in Ayurveda for toothache, to stimulate saliva flow, and as a masticatory for dryness of the mouth and throat.. Akarkara Flowers are dried and kept as a whole, the flowers are delicate and it can be squezeed easily from hand to obtain multiple seeds each flower has around about 25-40 or even more potential seeds which can be germinated to plants.. Right method of sowing akarkara flowers seeds is to water the soil and leave it for 5-10minutes, broadcast the hand crushed flowers over the soil. Do not put any soil over the seeds broadcasted. Water it lightly preferrably through spray jet only to maintain the moisture.. Germination will takes place within 8-10 days from sowing. You transplant or shift the plants to bigger pots after 6 weeks. [Do not expose to open to sky for full sunshine or rains during the germination and initial stages of plants emerging].. Once plant becomes 8 weeks old it starts flowering and it will last for 3-4months with abundunt flowers in each plant.. Fully matured akarkara flowers can be harvested [matured flowers will be in tapered shape towards tip and the base of flowers will be wider and red coloured tip will be small]. Harvesting the fully matured flowers gives the maximum volume from each plants.. Sowing Method: Step-1 Crush the whole flower seed by hand gently and ensure the seeds are separated [if already separated from whole flower seed it is ready to sow] Step-2 Keep the soil surface smooth in the grow bag / pot remove stones Step-3 Water the grow bag / pot sufficiently and wait for 10min until the water is drained totally from the surface Step-4 Take the spoon full of seeds and broadcast on the wet soil surface evenly to cover the soil top