اقحوان

Oqhovan is a major plant used in Iranian Traditional Medicine, which is identified as a type of Babouneh. Different pharmacological activities such as anti-inflammatory, vasodilator, diuretic, emmenagogue, and sudorific have been reported for the plant. Other names used in traditional publications for this plant are babouneh gav, babouneh gav-chashm, and kafourieh. Oqhovan can be identified from other types of babouneh by its flower and fruit and its characteristics. Considering its botanical description in traditional medicinal and pharmaceutical tests, Oqhovan complied with Tanacetum parthenium, a plant from Compositae family.