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Catunaregam spinosa - Madanaphala
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Madana consists of dried fruit of Xeromphis spinosa (Thunb) Keay, Syn Randia dumetorum Lam. (Fam. Rubiaceae), a deciduous thorny shrub or a small, tree, reaching a height upto 9 m and girth about a metre, branches numerous, thick and horizontal, found in sub-Himalayan tracts extending eastwards in Sikkim upto 1200 m and southwards to Peninsular India. [1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Mangarikai, Karigidda, Madanaphala Maggrekai, Kari, Maggare Kayi |
| Hindi | Manphal |
| Malayalam | Malankara, Malamkarakka |
| Tamil | Marukkarai |
| Telugu | Mranga Kaya, Monga Kaya |
| Marathi | Gal, Galphala, Giephala, Madanphala |
| Gujarathi | Mindhal, Mindhol, Mindhar |
| Punjabi | Mindhal, Rara, Manphal |
| Kashmiri | Madanfal |
| Sanskrit | Maadani |
| English | Emetic nut |
Chemical Composition
Essential oil, saponin, tannin and resin.
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Tikta, Madhura
Guna
Laghu, Ruksha
Veerya
Ushna (heat)
Vipaka
Katu (Pungent)
Karma
Vamana, Lekhana
Prabhava
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 114.
See also
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