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Embelia ribes Burm.f - Vidhanga

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Vidhanga consists of dried mature fruits of Embelia ribes Burm. f. (Fam.Myrsinaceae), large scandent shrub with long slender, flexible branches, distributed throughout hilly parts of India upto 1600 m,[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Vayuvilanga, Vayuvidanga
Hindi Vayavidanga, Bhabhiranga, Baberang
Malayalam Vizhalari, Vizalari
Tamil Vayuvilangam, Vayuvidangam
Telugu Vayuvidangalu
Marathi Vavading, Vavding
Gujarathi Vavding, Vavading, Vayavadang
Punjabi Babrung, Vavaring
Kashmiri Babading
Sanskrit Jantughna, Vella, Krimoghna, krimihara
English


Chemical Composition

Benzoquinones, alkaloid (Christembine), tannin and essential oil

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, Katu

Guna

Laghu, Ruksha, Tikshna

Veerya

Ushna (heat)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Anulomana, Deepana, Kriminashana, Vatakaphapaha

Prabhava

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 146.

See also

External Links

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA

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