BOTANICAL NAME

SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA

FAMILY

LEGUMINOSAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Agasthya, Agasti, Agastih, Agastivaka, Agastya, Agastyah, Agati, Buka, Dirghaphalaka, Dirghashimbi, Kharadhvansi, Kumbhayoni, Kumbhayonih, Kusuma, Muni, Munidruma, Munidrumah, Munipriya, Munipushpa, Munitaru, Pavitra, Raktapushpa, Shighrapushpa, Sthulapushpa, Surapriya, Vaka, Vakrapushpa, Vakrapuspa, Vakrapuspah, Vangasena, Vangasenah, Vranapaha, Vranari, Kanali

HINDI : Agast, Agasti, Agastoya, Agust, Agusta, Bak, Basna, Hadaga, Hadga, Hathia, Hathya, Hatiya, Jalt, Jhijan, Balmota, Jayanti

DISTRIBUTION

This species is native to Indonesia and Malesia, globally distributed in the Pantropics. Within India, it is cultivated in many parts such as Punjab, Delhi, Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and the Andaman Islands.

DOSE

Swaras 10 - 20 ml, Kwath 40 - 100 ml

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Grandifloral, Kaempferol, 3, 7-diglucoside, Leucocyanidin, Cyanidin-3-glucoside, Arginine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Phenylalanine, Tryptophan, Valine, Threonine, Asparagine, Aspartic acid, Galactose, Rhamnose, Glucuronic acid

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Ruksha, Laghu

Tikt

Katu

Sheet

Kashar

THERAPEUTIC USES

Respiratory problems

Urinary tract infection

Excretes out toxins

Flowers used in leucorrhoea

Skin disordres

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Not available