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Swertia chirata - Kiratatikta

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Kiraatatikta consists of whole plant of Swertia chirata Buch.Ham, (Fam,Gentianaceae), a small, erect, annual, herbaceous plant, 0.6-1. 25 m high, found in temperate Himalayas at an altitude between 1200-3000 m from Kashmir to Bhutan and Khasia Hills in Meghalaya, drug collected when flowering (July-October) and dried. [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Nalebevu, Chirata Kaddi, Chirayat
Hindi Chirayata
Malayalam Nelaveppu, Kirayathu, Nilamakanjiram
Tamil Nilavembu
Telugu Nelavemu
Marathi Kiraita, Kaduchiraita
Gujarathi Kariyatu, Kariyatun
Punjabi Chiretta, Chiraita
Kashmiri Lose, Chiraita
Sanskrit Kirata, Kirataka, Kiratatikta
English Chireta


Chemical Composition

Xanthones, xanthone glycoside and mangiferine (Flavonoid).

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta

Guna

Laghu, Ruksha

Veerya

Sheeta

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Jvaraghna, Kaphapittahara, Raktashodhaka, Vranashodhana, Saaraka

Prabhava

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 99.

See also

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