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Pistacia chinensis Burgo - Karkatasharangi
Karkatasharangi consists of gall-like excrescences formed by insects on the leaves, petioles and branches of the plant Pistacia chinensia Burgo, Pistacia integerrima Stew. ex Brandis, Rhus succedanea Linn. (Fam. Anacardiaceae) during autumn season, growing on the steps of Western Himalayas from Indus to Kumaon at an altitude of 350-2400 m, often cultivated in Punjab plains.[1]
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Common names
Language | Common name |
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Kannada | Kakadasingi, Karkatakasringi |
Hindi | Kakadasingi, Kakarasingi, Gheekadava |
Malayalam | Karkatasringi |
Tamil | Karkata singi |
Telugu | Kakarsingi, Karkatakashrungi |
Marathi | Kakadshingi |
Gujarathi | Kakada shing, Kakada singi |
Punjabi | Kakar, Kakarsingi |
Kashmiri | Kakkar, Kamaladina |
Sanskrit | Shrangi, Visaani, Karkata |
English | Crab's claw |
Chemical Composition
Essential oil, tannins and resinous matters.
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Tikta, Kashaya
Guna
Guru
Veerya
Ushna (heat)
Vipaka
Katu (Pungent)
Karma
Kaasahara, kaphavatahara, Urdhvavatajit, Hikkanigrahana
Prabhava
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 88.
See also
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