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Basonym of Drug
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Shalaparni
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Main Synonym
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Anshumati, guha, triparni, dirghapatra, vidarigadha, sthira
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Regional Name
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Bengali : shalpani
Gujarati : shalvan
Hindi : sarivan
Malayalam : pullati
Tamil : pulladi
Telugu : gitanaram
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Botanical Name
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Desmodium gangeticum DC
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Family
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Fabaceae
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Classification (Gana)
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Aacharya charaka : angamardaprashamana, sothahara, balya, snehopaga mahakashaya.
Aacharya Sushruta : laghupnchmoola, vidarigandhadi gana.
Bhavprakash nighantu : guduchydi varga
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External Morphology
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A small herb
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Useful Parts
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Root
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Hordenine, caudicine, gangetinin, desmodine, Dimethyltryptamine, Flavonoids, lagopodioides
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : madhura, tikta
Guna : guru, snigdha
Virya : ushna
Vipaka : madhura
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Action
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Tridoshahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Jwarahara (anti-pyretic), swasahara (anti-asthmatic), sothahara (anti-inflammatory), vrushya (aphrodisiac), chardinigrahana (anti-emetic), rasayana (rejuvenating)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Hridshoola - kshirapaka of shalparni root is beneficial in cardiac pain.
2. Jwara - decoction with rock sugar is useful to treat fever.
3. Vatavyadhi - decoction is useful with pippali prakshepa is beneficial in neural disorders.
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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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Mahanarayan taila, dashmoolarista, dashamoolakatu trikadi kwath, shalparnyadi kwath
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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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