Aesculus indica - Indian horse chestnut

Pangara, Aesculus indica

Pangara is a temperate deciduous tree in the soapnut family, native to the western Himalayan region. They grow at altitudes from 1800 - 3000 m.

Uses

Skin disease, Rheumatism, Headaches, Skin disease, Colic, Intestinal parasites, Rheumatism.

Parts Used

Seeds

Chemical Composition

The leaves contain aescin, quercetin and beta-sitosterol. Stems also contain rutin, astragalin, aesculin. Seeds contain aescin, aesculuside A and B, also aliphatic esters.^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi	Akhnor, Goon, Khanir, Pangara
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Indian Horse Chestnut

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Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Digitate	Opposite	The leaves are large, opposite, digitate, glossy, laceolate ( Boat shaped),margin entire and venation pinnate, it forms a umbel shaped at the branch apex

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
bisexual	terminal panicle	white		the flowers are found in a long stack about 40 cm long and bearing about 300 flowers

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Fleshy capsules			Large brown seeds		{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation