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Foeniculum vulgare Mill - Mishreyaa

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Mishreyaa consists of dried ripe fruits of Foeniculum vulgare Mill (Fam.Umbelliferae) , an erect, glabrous, aromatic herb, 1-2 m high, cultivated extensively throughout India upto 1830 m and also sometimes found wild, fruits ripen in September, stems cut with sickles and put up in loose sheaves to dry in sun, when dry, fruits are beaten out in a cloth in sun, cleaned by winnowing and collected. [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Badisompu, Doddasompu
Hindi Saunf
Malayalam Kattusatakuppa, Parinjaeragum
Tamil Shombu
Telugu Sopu
Marathi Badishop
Gujarathi Variyali
Punjabi Saunf
Kashmiri Sanuf, Badnai
Sanskrit Mishi, Madhurikaa
English Fannel Fruit


Chemical Composition

Essential oil and fixed oil.

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, Madhura, Katu

Guna

Laghu, Ruksha

Veerya

Sheeta

Vipaka

Madhura

Karma

Anulomana, Balya, Deepana, Vatapittahara, Amadoshahara

Prabhava

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 116.

See also

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