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Basonym of Drug
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Danti
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Main Synonym
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Aerandaphala, shambari, vishalya, shighra, shyenghanta, ghunapriya, varahangi, nikumbh, mukulak
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Regional Name
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Bengali : danti, hakun
Gujarati : danti
Hindi : danti, chhoti danti
Tamil : nagdanti
Telugu : kondaamadam |
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Botanical Name
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Baliospermum montanum
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Family
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Euphorbiaceae
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Classification (Gana)
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Charak Samhita : bhedaniya mahakashaya, and mulini dravya
Sushruta Samhita : shyamadi gana, adhobhagahara gana
Acharya vagbhatta : shyamadi gana
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External Morphology
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1-2 meter high shrub
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Useful Parts
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Root, fruit
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Starch, beliospermin, montanin, axillarenic acid
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : katu
Guna : guru, tikshna
Virya : ushna
Vipaka : Katu |
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Action
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Kaphapittahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Virechak (drastic purgative), deepen (appetizer), kandughna (useful in pruritus), sothhara (anti-inflammatory)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Twakvikar - in skin disease, powder with normal water is useful as purgative.
2. Swasa - leaves decoction is useful in asthma.
3. Jwara - root powder with buttermilk is useful in fever.
4. Kamla - root is useful in jaundice for purgation.
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Dose
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Root powder - 1 to 3 gm, seed powder - 50 to 125 mg
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Formulations
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Bahushala guda, punarnavadi guggulu, shiva gutika, dantyarista
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Adverse Effect
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External application of root/seed for long period is may cause irritation, redness, and pain.
Internally high dose causes stomach disturbance, dizziness, and nausea.
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Remedial Measure
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Sweet, and oily food, cow milk
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Purification
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Purification method: danti root is wrapped with pippali (piper longum) powder and Madhu (honey), after that this mass is covered with grass, and mud. Keep dry in the sunlight.
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