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Basonym of Drug
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Yastimadhu
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Main Synonym
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Klitaka, madhuka, yastimadhuka, atyantklitaka, jalayaasti, madhuyasti, madhulika
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Regional Name
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Bengali : yastimadhu
Gujarati : jethimadha
Hindi : mulehthi, mithi lakdi
Punjabi : muleti
Tamil : atimadhura
Telugu : yastimadhuka
English : licorice root
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Botanical Name
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Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn
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Family
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Leguminoceae
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Classification (Gana)
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Acharya Charaka : mutravirajaniya, jivaniya, kandughna, sandhaniya, varnya, kanthya, chardinigrahana, sonitasthapana, snehopaga, vamanopaga, asthapanopaga mahakashaya.
Aacharya shusruta : sarivadi, kakolyadi, anjanadi gana.
Acharya vagbhatta : sarivadi, anjanadi gana
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External Morphology
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1-2 meter high strong undershrub
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Useful Parts
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Root
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Glycyrrhizin, liquirtin, glycyrrhizic acid,liquiritogenin, licuraside, glabrolide, glabrane
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : madhura
Guna : snigdha, guru
Virya : shita
Vipaka : madhura
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Action
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Tridoshahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Balya (strengthening), Vrushya (aphrodisiac), brumhana (nourishing), varnya (good for skin), kanthya (good for throat), chakshushya (eye-tonic), vranaropana (wound-healing), trishnahara (reduce excessive thirst), kshayahara (useful to treat tuberculosis and other malnutrition diseases)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Hridroga - yastimadhu with katuki is given in cold water for cardiac diseases.
2. Mutrakrichha - yastimadhu powder with ikshumoola juice is given in burning micturition.
3. Amlapitta - powder with rock sugar is beneficial in hyperacidity..
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Dose
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powder - 3-5 gm
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Formulations
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Yastimadhu ghanvati, madhuyastyadi taila, shatapakamadhuka taila, yastyadi 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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