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altitude in the Himalayas, largely planted as an avenue and roadside tree especially near temples. It's family is Moraceae<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
 
altitude in the Himalayas, largely planted as an avenue and roadside tree especially near temples. It's family is Moraceae<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
 
==Common names==
 
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{{Common names|sa=Pippala|en=Pipal tree|gu=Piplo, Jari, Piparo, Pipalo|hi=Pipala, Pipal|kn= Ashvatthanara,  ಅರಳಿಮರ aralimara, ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಮರ|ks=Bad|ml=Arayal|mr=Pipal, Pimpal, Pippal|pa=Pipal, Pippal|ta=Ashwarthan, Arasamaram, Arasan, Arasu, Arara|te=Ravichettu}}<ref name="Common names/>
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{{Common names|sa=Pippala|en=Pipal tree|gu=Piplo, Jari, Piparo, Pipalo|hi=Pipala, Pipal|kn= Ashvatthanara,  ಅರಳಿಮರ aralimara, ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಮರ|ks=Bad|ml=Arayal|mr=Pipal, Pimpal, Pippal|pa=Pipal, Pippal|ta=Ashwarthan, Arasamaram, Arasan, Arasu, Arara|te=Ravichettu}}<ref name="Common names"/>
  
 
==Chemical Composition==
 
==Chemical Composition==
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Tannins.
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It contains the preliminary phytochemical analysis revealed that the plant contained tannins, phenols, saponins, sugars, alkaloids, methionine, terpenoids, flavonoids, glycosides and steroids<ref name="Chemical Composition"/>
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==
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<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 21.</ref>  
 
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 21.</ref>  
 
<ref name="Common names">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:19</ref>  
 
<ref name="Common names">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:19</ref>  
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<ref name="Chemical Composition">[http://iosrphr.org/papers/v7i3V1/E0703014960.pdf Chemical constituents]</ref>
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 12:58, 5 August 2020

Ashvattha consists of dried bark of Ficus religiosa Linn. It is a large perennial tree, glabrous when young, found throughout the plains of India upto 170m altitude in the Himalayas, largely planted as an avenue and roadside tree especially near temples. It's family is Moraceae[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Ashvatthanara, ಅರಳಿಮರ aralimara, ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಮರ
Hindi Pipala, Pipal
Malayalam Arayal
Tamil Ashwarthan, Arasamaram, Arasan, Arasu, Arara
Telugu Ravichettu
Marathi Pipal, Pimpal, Pippal
Gujarathi Piplo, Jari, Piparo, Pipalo
Punjabi Pipal, Pippal
Kashmiri Bad
Sanskrit Pippala
English Pipal tree

[2]

Chemical Composition

It contains the preliminary phytochemical analysis revealed that the plant contained tannins, phenols, saponins, sugars, alkaloids, methionine, terpenoids, flavonoids, glycosides and steroids[3]

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Kashaya

Guna

Guru, Ruksha

Veerya

Sheeta

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Varnya, Kaphapittavinashaka, Sangrahi, Bhagnasandhanakara, Mutrasangrahaniya

Prabhava

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 21.
  2. ↑ Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:19
  3. ↑ Chemical constituents

External Links

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