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Basonym of Drug
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Kanchanara
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Main Synonym
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Gandari, yugmapatraka, swalpa keshari, kovidara, karburdara, sonapushpa, chamarika
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Regional Name
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Bengali : kanchana
Gujarati : champakati
Hindi : kachnara
Punjabi : kulad
Tamil : mandare
Telugu : devakachanamu
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Botanical Name
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Bauhinia Variegata
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Family
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Caesalpinioideae
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Classification (Gana)
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Aacharya Charaka : vamanopaga
Aacharya sushruta : urdhvabhagahara
Bhavprakash nighantu : guduchyadi varga
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External Morphology
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5-10 feet high medium deciduous tree
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Useful Parts
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Bark, flower
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Beta-sitosterol, lupeol, kempferol
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : kashaya
Guna : Laghu, Snigdha
Virya : shita
Vipaka : Katu
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Action
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Kaphapittahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Grahi (decreases oversecretion), deepan (appetizer), raktapittahra (useful in bleeding disorders), gandamalanashak (useful to treat lymphadenitis over the neck)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Gandamala - bark powder with kanji and sunthi powder is useful in lymphadenitis over the neck.
2. Sweta pradara - bark decoction is useful to treat leucorrhea with rice gruel.
3. Atisara - decoction with jeerak powder is useful to treat diarrhea.
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Dose
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Powder - 3-6 gm, decoction - 40-80 ml
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Formulations
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Kanchanara guggulu, kanchanaradi kwath, kanchanargulika, kovidaradi kashaya
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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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