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Basonym of Drug
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Kasha
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Main Synonym
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Kasekshu, ikshursa, ikshuvalika, ikshugandha, potagala
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Regional Name
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Gujarati : kansado
Hindi : kasa, kasi
Kannada : kirayikagachha
Telugu : relu
Tamil : nanlu
English : thatch grass
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Botanical Name
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Saccharum spontaneum
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Family
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Gramineae
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Classification (Gana)
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Aacharya Charaka : mutravirechaniya, stanyajanana
Aacharya Sushruta : trinapanchamoola
Bhavprakash nighantu : guduchyadi varga
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External Morphology
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Small perineal grass
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Useful Parts
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Root
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Glucose, galactose, xylose, rhamnose
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : madhura, kashaya
Guna : laghu, snigdha
Virya : shita
Vipaka : madhura
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Action
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Vatpittahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Mutrajanana (diuretic), stanyajanana (galactagogue), ashmarighna (lithotriptic), trishnahara (reduces excessive thirst)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Raktatapradara - root powder with honey and rice water is useful to treat metrorrhagia.
2. Mutrakrichha - root powder with ikshumoola swarasa is useful in difficult micturition.
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Dose
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Root powder - 3-6 gm, decoction - 50-100 ml
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Formulations
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Trinapanchmoola kwatha, kushadhyaghrita, kushavaleha
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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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