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 | | The flour of Urd seeds is known as Dhuasi in Chhattisgarh. |
 | | According to Ayurveda, Urd seeds are cooling, digestible, laxative, antipyretic and cures biliousness, blood diseases etc. According to Unani system of medicine, Urd seeds are tonic, astringent to bowels, enrich blood and good is fevers, eye troubles, headache, nose complaints, throat inflammations, bronchitis, kidney diseases etc. Dhuasi Ke Bhajia is a popular breakfast in Chhattisgarh. |
 | | Botanically, Urd is much branched climbing or erect annuals with 30-60 cm long straggling branches densely clothed with grayish to grey brown reflexed hairs; Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate, rhomboid to ovate-deltoid or elliptic-ovate, acuminate, entire or slightly lobed; Racemes capitate, 4-8 flowered, Corolla yellow; Pods covered with long spreading hairs, 6-12 seeded. |
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