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Pooga consists of dried ripe seed of Areca catechu Linn. (Fam. Palmae), a graceful, slender, stemmed, perennial palm, trunk reaching a height of about 25 m cultivated in the coastal regions of Southern India, Bengal and Assam upto an altitude of 1000 m.[1]
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Common names
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Kannada | Adiks |
Hindi | Supari, Chr alia |
Malayalam | Adakku, Pakku |
Tamil | Paka chekka, Vakka |
Telugu | Paka chekka, Vakka |
Marathi | Supari, Pophal |
Gujarathi | Supari, Chr alia |
Punjabi | Supari, Spari |
Kashmiri | Supari, Spari |
Sanskrit | Kramuka, Ghonaa |
English | Areca nut, Betle nut |
Chemical Composition
Alkaloid (arecoline) tannins and fats
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Kashaya
Guna
Guru, Ruksha
Veerya
Sheeta
Vipaka
Katu (Pungent)
Karma
Prabhava, Mohakrit, Deepana, Kaphapittajit, Kledanaashana, Malabhedi, Mukhshodhana
Prabhava
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 125.
See also
External Links
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