Basonym of Drug
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Aparajita
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Main Synonym
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Aasfota, girikarni, vishnukranta, sweta, mahasweta
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Regional Name
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Bengali : Aparajita
Gujarati : Garani, koyal ni vel
Hindi : Koyal, kalijar
Kannada : Girikarnike, sankhpushpa
Tamil : Kakkanakoti
Telugu : Ditena
English : Winged leaved clitoria/ butterfly pea flower
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Botanical Name
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Clitoria ternatea Linn.
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Family
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Fabaceae
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Classification (Gana)
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Aacharya charaka mentioned in shirovirechanopaga gana
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External Morphology
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50-70 cm long creeper or vine
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Useful Parts
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Flower, root, seed
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Starch, mome inositol, cyclohexen, acetic acid, and hirsutene
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : Tikta, katu, kashaya
Guna : Laghu, Ruksha
Virya : Shita
Vipaka : Katu
Prabhava : Medhya
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Action
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Tridoshahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Vedana sthapana (pain reliever), mutrala (diuretic), bhedana (purgative), medhya (improve cognitive power)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Jalodara - As purgation (virechana) in ascites.
2. Mutrakruchha - Root bark phant (steeped decoction) is useful in burning micturition.
3. Swasa-kasa - Roasted seed with milk is beneficial in children's cough and cold (it reduces cough by purgation)
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Dose
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Rootbark powder - 1.5 to 3 gm, seed powder - 1 to 2 gm
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Formulations
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Garbhapal ras, vatraktantak ras
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Adverse Effect
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Not Known
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Remedial Measure
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Not required
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Purification
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Not required
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