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Basonym of Drug
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Indrayava, kutaj
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Main Synonym
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Kalinga, girimallika, indravriksha, vatsaka, kauto, vrukshaka
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Regional Name
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Bengali : karachi
Gujarati : kudo
Hindi : kuda
Tamil : veppalai
Telugu : kodisepala
English : kurchi
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Botanical Name
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Holarrhena antidysentrica
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Family
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Apocynaceae
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Classification (Gana)
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Aacharya Charaka : arshoghna, kandughna, stnyasodhana, asthapanopaga
Aacharya Sushruta : pippalyadi, lakshadi, aragvadhadi, haridradi
Acharya Vagbhatta : aragvadhadi, pippalyadi
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External Morphology
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15-20 meter high tree
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Useful Parts
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Bark, leaves, seeds, flowers
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Connessidine, connessimine, holarehenine, holarrhimine
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Rasa Panchak
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Apakva phala:
Rasa : Kashaya, tikta
Guna : laghu, ruksha
Virya : shita
Vipaka : katu |
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Action
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Kaphapittahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Deepan(increase appetite), grahi (reduces over secretions), atisarahara (anti-diarrheal), grahaniroganut (anti-dysenteric), arshoghna (useful for piles treatment), jwarahara (anti-pyretic)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Pittatisara - bark and seed powder with madhu and ativisha is taken with rice water in (pittaja) diarrhea.
2. Kustha - paste of seed with dhataki, karanja, and jati is applied to the skin disorders.
3. Jwara - decoction of kutaj with katuki is beneficial in fever.
4. Grahani - bark powder with buttermilk is beneficial in dysentery.
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Dose
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Decoction - 20-40 ml, bark/seed powder - 1-3 gm
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Formulations
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Kutajarista, kutaja ghanvati, kutajavaleha
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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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