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Basonym of Drug
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Trayamana
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Main Synonym
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Balabhdra, anuja, trayanti, girija, palantika, girijanuja
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Regional Name
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Gujarati : pakanbas
Hindi : kadu
Marathi : pakanbheda
Tamil : nilavimbu
Telugu : kalu kranuga
English : Indian gentian
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Botanical Name
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Gentian kurroa Royle
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Family
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Gentianaceae
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Classification (Gana)
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Aacharya Charaka : Kashaya skandha.
Aacharya sushruta : lakshadi gana.
Bhavprakash nighantu : guduchyadi varga
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External Morphology
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Perennial herb
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Useful Parts
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Root
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Aucubin, catalpol
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : tikta, kashaya
Guna : laghu, ruksha
Virya : ushna
Vipaka : katu
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Action
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Kaphapittahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Rechaka(laxative), kusthaghna(useful in skin disorders), kandughna (useful in itching), jwarahara (anti-pyretic), shoolaghna (pain reliever), vishaghna (anti-poisonous)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Jwara - fruit pulp of trayamana with milk is given in fever.
2. Twakavikara - ash of leaves/whole plant is applied with milk or ghee in skin diseases.
3. Shoola - decoction of the root is given in body ache and muscular pain.
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Dose
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root powder - 1-3 gm
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Formulations
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Trayamana ghrita, patoladi churna
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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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