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Basonym of Drug
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Nagakesara
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Main Synonym
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Nagapushpa, naga, keshar, champeya, nagakinjalaka, kanchanahvaya, kinjilikam, natam, nagarenuka, suvarna, hemapushpa
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Regional Name
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Bengali : nageshvara
Gujarati : pilu nagakeshara
Hindi : pila nagakeshar
Kannada : nagsampige
Tamil : cheru nagapu
Telugu : nagakesaramu
English : cobra's saffron
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Botanical Name
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Mesua ferra Linn
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Family
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Guttifarae
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Classification (Gana)
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Aacharya Sushruta and Aacharya vagbhatta : anjanadi, eladi, priyangvadi, vachadi.
Bhavaprakash nighantu : karpuradi varga.
Raja nighantu : pippalyadi varga
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External Morphology
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A small tree
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Useful Parts
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Stamens, leaves
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Mesuol, mameisin, mammegin, mesuaferrol, mesuon, mesuarin, beta-sitosterol
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : kashaya, tikta
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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Grahi (reduces excessive secretions), pachana (digestive), kandughna (useful in itching), kusthaghna (useful in skin disorders), krimighna (anti-helminthic), shoolahara (pain reliever), lekhana (scrapping of excessive fat), atisarahara (ant-diarrheal), arshoghna (anti-hamrrhoidal)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Sweta pradara - nagakesara powder with buttermilk/ rice gruel is beneficial in leucorrhea.
2. Atisara - nagakesara churna with rock sugar is beneficial in bleeding diarrhea.
3. Raktarsha - powder with butter and rock sugar is beneficial in bleeding piles.
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Dose
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Powder - 0.5-1 gm
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Formulations
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Kesharadi kashaya, eladi churna, chaturbija, kanakaristha
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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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