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Basonym of Drug
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Vruntaka
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Main Synonym
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Vartaku, bhantaki, bhantika
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Regional Name
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Bengali : begun
Gujarati : ringana
Hindi : bhanta, bengan, bengun
Kannada : badane
Tamil : katarikkai
Telugu : vankaya
Marathi : vange, vangi
English : brinjal, egg-plant
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Botanical Name
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Solanum melongeta Linn
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Family
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Solanaceae
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Classification (Gana)
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Bhavprakash nighantu : shaka varga.
Dhanvantari nighantu : guduchyadi varga.
Kaiyadeva nighantu : aushadhi varga
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External Morphology
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A small to medium erect herb
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Useful Parts
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Fruit
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Sterol, tannins, saponins, flavanoies, Beta- carotene, solasodine, solamargine, solasonine, tomatidienol
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : madhura, tikta
Guna : laghu, ruksha, tikshna
Virya : ushna
Vipaka : katu
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Action
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Kaphahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Deepan (appetizer), pachan (digestive), mutrala (diuretic), ashmarighna (lithotriptic), shukrajanana (aphrodisiac)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Arsha - ash of brinjal fruit is useful in piles as a hot fomentation.
2. Pratishyaya - pradhamana nasya (in both nostrils) of fine powder of fruit is beneficial in rhinitis.
3. Dantashoola - root juice in gauze is applied to the area of pain in the teeth.
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Dose
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As food preparation, powder - 3-5 gm, root powder - 1-3 gm
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Formulations
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Prasutika kwath, punarnavarista
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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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