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Tribulus terrestis Linn - Goksura (Fruit)
Goksura (Fruit) consists of dried, ripe, entire fruit of Tribulus terrestris Linn. (Fam Zygopyllaceae), an annual, rarely pernnial common weed of the pasture lands, road sides and other waste places, chiefly in hot, dry and sandy regions, grows throughout India as prostrate herb and upto 3,000 m in Kashmir.[1]
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Common names
Language | Common name |
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Kannada | Sannanaggilu, Neggilamullu, Neggilu |
Hindi | Gokhru |
Malayalam | Nerinjil |
Tamil | Nerinjil, Nerunjil |
Telugu | Palleruveru |
Marathi | Sarate, Gokharu |
Gujarathi | Bethagokharu, Nanagokharu, Mithogokharu |
Punjabi | Bhakhra, Gokhru |
Kashmiri | Michirkand, Pakhda |
Sanskrit | Goksuraka, Trikatna, Shvadamstra |
English | Caltrops fruit |
Chemical Composition
Potassium nitrate, sterols, sapogenin with pyroketone ring (diosgenin), gitogenin and hecogenins.
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Madhura
Guna
Guru, Snigdha
Veerya
Sheeta (cold)
Vipaka
Madhura
Karma
Mootrala, vrishya, Vatanut, bramhana, Vasthisodhana
Prabhava
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 51.
See also
External Links
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