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Basonym of Drug
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Gambhari
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Main Synonym
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Shriparni, kashmari, pitarohini, madhuparnika, madhuparni
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Regional Name
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Bengali : gamar
Gujarati : sivan
Hindi : gambhara
Tamil : gumadi
Telugu : puggumudu
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Botanical Name
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Gmelina arborea
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Family
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Verbanaceae
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Classification (Gana)
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Aacharya Charaka : sothahara, dahaprashamana, virechanopaga
Aacharya sushruta : sarivadi, bruhat panchmoola
Acharya vagbhatta : sarivadi
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External Morphology
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20-30 meter high tree
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Useful Parts
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Fruit, root, flowers, leaves
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Beta-sitosterol, gmelinol, cutytyl, gmelanore, gummadiol
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : madhura, Kashaya, tikta
Guna : guru
Virya : ushna
Vipaka : katu
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Action
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Vatapittahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Deepan(increase appetite), bhedana (laxative), paachana(digestive), medhya(increses conginitive strength)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Raktapitta - the flower of gambhari with honey is useful in diarrhea.
2. Jwara - cold infusion of gambhari powder with sugar is useful in paittik jwar (fever).
3. Sothahara - root decoction with pippali churna is useful in inflammations.
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Dose
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Decoction - 50-100 ml, fruit powder - 1-3 gm
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Formulations
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Dashmoola kwath, dashmoolarista, kashmarya taila, kashmarya Rasayana, kashmaryadi paanaka, drakshadi 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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