BOTANICAL NAME

PERISTROPHE PANICULATA

FAMILY

ACANTHACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Kakajangha, Nadikanta, Sulomasha, Dasi, Kaka

HINDI : Atrilal, Itrelal, Masi, Nasbhanga, Kakajangha

DISTRIBUTION

Common in forest undergrowth and in wast lands almost throughout India.

DOSE

Decoction (oot) - 50 -100 ml, Powder 1-5 gm

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Petunidin-3-rhamnoglucoside, 14-methyl-tritriacont

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Sar, Pichil

Tikt, Kashay

Katu

Sheet

Kaphapittashamak

THERAPEUTIC USES

Astringent

Intermittent fever

Ulcrs

Insomnia

Leucorrhoea

Denal caries

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Maha vishgarbha taila