Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.

Ficus racemosa - Udumbara

From Ayurwiki
Revision as of 11:47, 5 August 2018 by Prabhakar (talk | contribs)
Jump to: navigation, search
Help icon-72a7cf.svg This page is a stub. Learn how you can help expanding it.

Udumbara consists of dried bark of Ficus racemosa Linn. Syn. Ficus glomerata Roxb. (Fam. Moraceae), a large deciduous tree distributed all over india, found throughout the year, grows in evergreen forests, moist localities and bank of streams to the elevation of 1800 m, often cultivated in villages for shade and its edible fruits.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Attihanninamara, Oudumbara, Athimara, Attigida
Hindi Gulara, Gular
Malayalam Athi
Tamil Kath Gular, Gular
Telugu Atti, Medi
Marathi Atti, Gular, Umber
Gujarathi Umbro, Umerdo, Umardo, Umarado
Punjabi Kath Gular, Gular
Kashmiri Rumbal
Sanskrit Sadaaphala
English Cluster Fig. Country fig


Chemical Composition

Tannins

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

Kaphapittashamaka, Medohara, Mutrashagraha¸ya, Vranashodhaka, Vranaropaka, Raktastambhana.

Prabhava

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 155.

See also

External Links

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA