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==Common names==
 
==Common names==
 
{{Common names|sa=Kalingha, Shakra, Vatsaka|en=Ester tree, Conessi bark|gu=Kuda, Kadachhal, Kudo|hi=Kurchi, Kuraiya|kn=Kodasige, Halagattigida, Halagatti Mara|ks=Kogad|ml=Kutakappala|mr=Pandhra Kuda|pa=Kurasukk, Kura|ta=Kudasapalai|te=Kodisapala, Palakodisa}}
 
{{Common names|sa=Kalingha, Shakra, Vatsaka|en=Ester tree, Conessi bark|gu=Kuda, Kadachhal, Kudo|hi=Kurchi, Kuraiya|kn=Kodasige, Halagattigida, Halagatti Mara|ks=Kogad|ml=Kutakappala|mr=Pandhra Kuda|pa=Kurasukk, Kura|ta=Kudasapalai|te=Kodisapala, Palakodisa}}
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==Chemical Composition==
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Conessine and related alkaloids.
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==

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Kuthaja consists of dried stem bark of Holarrhena antidysenterica (Roth) A. DC.(Fam. Apocynaceae): a small to medium sized tree, found throughout India, drug collected from 8-12 years old tree during the middle of rainy season (July to September) and again at the end of winter season by hewing and peeling and separated from attached wood.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Kodasige, Halagattigida, Halagatti Mara
Hindi Kurchi, Kuraiya
Malayalam Kutakappala
Tamil Kudasapalai
Telugu Kodisapala, Palakodisa
Marathi Pandhra Kuda
Gujarathi Kuda, Kadachhal, Kudo
Punjabi Kurasukk, Kura
Kashmiri Kogad
Sanskrit Kalingha, Shakra, Vatsaka
English Ester tree, Conessi bark


Chemical Composition

Conessine and related alkaloids.

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, Kashaya

Guna

Laghu, Ruksha

Veerya

Sheeta

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Deepana, Sangrahi, Kaphapittashamaka

Prabhava

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 107.

See also

External Links

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA

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