ASHVATTHA

Ashvattha consists of dried bark of Ficus religiosa Linn. (Fam. Moraceae, a large perennial tree, glabrous when young, found throughout the plains of India upto 170 m altitude in the Himalayas, largely planted as an avenue and roadside tree especially near temples.

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SYNONYMS

• Sanskrit : Pippala
• Assamese : Ahant
• Bengali : Asvattha, Ashud, Ashvattha
• English : Pipal tree
• Gujrati : Piplo, Jari, Piparo, Pipalo
• Hindi : Pipala, Pipal
• Kannada : Arlo, Ranji, Basri, Ashvatthanara, Ashwatha, Aralimara, Aralegida,
• Ashvathamara, Basari, Ashvattha
• Kashmiri : Bad
• Malayalam : Arayal
• Marathi : Pipal, Pimpal, Pippal
• Oriya : Aswatha
• Punjabi : Pipal, Pippal
• Tamil : Ashwarthan, Arasamaram, Arasan, Arasu, Arara
• Telugu : Ravichettu

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PROPERTIES AND ACTION

• Rasa : Kashaya
• Guna : Guru, Ruksha
• Virya : sheeta
• Vipaka : Katu
• Karma : Varnya, Kaphapittavinashi, Sangrahi, Bhagnasandhanakara, Mutrasangrahneeya

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IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - Nyagroda¡di Churna, Nyagrodhadi Kvatha Churna

THERAPEUTIC USES - Prameha, Raktapitta, Vrana, Vatarakta, Yonidosha

DOSE - 20-30 g of the drug for decoction

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