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Valeriana wallichii - Tagara

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Tagara consists of predominantly dried rhizome, stolon and small portion of root of Valeriana wallichii DC, (Fam.Valerianaceae): a hairy perennial herb, growing in temperate Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan and Khasia hiils upto an altitude of 3,000 m, rhizomes dug in autumn, well washed with water and dried.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Mandibattal, Mandyavanthu, Mandibattalu, Tagar
Hindi Mushkbala, Sugandhabala
Malayalam Thakaram
Tamil Tagarai
Telugu Grandhi Tagaramu
Marathi Tagar, Ganthode
Gujarathi Tagar Ganthoda, Tagar Gantho, Ghodawaj
Punjabi Mushkobala, Sugandhbala
Kashmiri Bala, Mushkbala
Sanskrit Nata, Kaalaanusaari
English Indian Valerian


Chemical Composition

Essential oil.

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, Kashaya, Katu

Guna

Laghu, Snigdha

Veerya

Ushna (heat)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Vishaghna, Tridoshahara, Raktadoshahara, Manasadoshara.

Prabhava

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 146.

See also

External Links

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA