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'''Meṣaśṛṅgī''' consists of dried leaf of Gymnema sylvestre R.Br. (Fam. Asclepiadaceae), a large woody, much branched, climber, with pubescent young parts, found throughout India in dry forests upto 600 m.
==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
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==Chemical Composition==
Triterpenoid saponins of gymnemic acid A, B, C and D with sugarresidues such as glucuronic acid, galacturonic acid, ferulic and angelic acids attached as carboxylic acids. <ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Kadhasige|ml=Cakkarakkolli, Madhunaashini|sa=Madhunāśinī, Ajāśṛ¤ṅgī|ta=Shirukurum Kaay, Shakkaraikkolli|te=Podapatro|hi=Gudmaar, Medhaa Singee|en=Periploca of the wood}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta, Kaṣāya
===Guna===
Laghu, Rūkṣa
===Veerya===
Uṣṇa
===Vipaka===
Kaṭu
===Karma===
Vātahara, Kaphahara, Viḍaghna, Dīpana
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
*[[ Ayaskṛti]], [[Nyagrodhādi Cūrṇa]], [[Mahā Viḍagarbha Taila]], [[Mṛtasaṅjīvanī Surā]]
==Mode of Propagation==
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-110</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation detail"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
[[Category:Herbs]]
