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Scirpus kysoor - Kasheru

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Kasheru consists of rhizome of Scirpus kysoor Roxb. (Fam. Cyperaceae), a weed commonly found on the margins of ponds and swampy places throughout India.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Kasure gadd,Kaseruva,Kothigadde
Hindi Kaseru
Malayalam Kazhi Muthanga
Tamil Gundatigagaddi
Telugu Guntatungagaddi
Marathi Kasara, Kachera, Kachora
Gujarathi Kasela, Kasola
Punjabi Kaseru
Kashmiri Kath
Sanskrit Kasheruka
English Water chestnut


Chemical Composition

Starch, saponins, sugars and progesterone.

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Madhura, Kashaya

Guna

Guru

Veerya

Sheeta

Vipaka

Madhura

Karma

Caksusya, Graahi, Pittaghna, Daahaghna, shukrakara, Stanyakara, Rucikara

Prabhava

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 92.

See also

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