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'''Kankola''' consists of mature, dried fruits of Piper cubeba Linn.f. (Fam. Piperaceae), woody, climbing, perennial with dioeceous flowers in spike, cultivated to a small extent in India, specially in the Karnataka state, fruits collected when mature but still unripe and carefully dried. <ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>

==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Kakkola, Kankola, Cinosana, Cinatiksna|en=Cubebs, Tailed Pepper|gu=Chanakabab, Chinikabab|hi=Seetalchini, Kababchini|kn=Gandhamenasu, Balamenasu|ks=Kushfal, Kababchini|ml=Cheenamulaku, Takkolam, Valmulaku|mr=Kankol|pa=Kababchini, Sardchini|ta=Vaali milaku, Valmilagu|te=Chalavamiriyalu, Tokamiriyalu}}

==Chemical Composition==
Essential oil (cubebin).

==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Katu, Tikta
===Guna===
Laghu, Tiksna
===Veerya===
Ushna
===Vipaka===
Katu
===Karma===
[[Deepana]],Kaphavatahara, Pacana, Rucya, Vasthishodhana

===Prabhava===

==References==
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<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 76.</ref> 

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==See also==

==External Links==
[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA] 
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]