BOTANICAL NAME

CAESALPINIA CRISTA

FAMILY

LEGUMINOSAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Kakachika, Kantakikaranja, Kantakini, Karanja, Krakachika, Kuberaksah, Kuberakshi, Kuberaksi, Latakaranja, Prakiriya, Prakirnah, Putikah, Putikaranja, Putikaranjah, Putikaranji, Tinagachhika, Tirini, Valli, Varini, Vitapakaranja

HINDI : Kanta-karanja, Kharare

DISTRIBUTION

This species is globally distributed in the Pantropics. Within India, it is found throughout on the banks of rivers in tidal forests, near the eastern and western sea coast and in the Sunderbans in West Bengal, Bhopal and Himachal Pradesh

DOSE

Seed pulp churna 1 - 3 gm

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Bonducin, Phytosterinin, Fatty acids, Caesalpins

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Laghu, Ruksha

Tikt, Kashay

Katu

Ushan

Vishamjvar-ghan

THERAPEUTIC USES

Blood purifier

Uterine disorders

Leprosy

Abdominal disorders

Joint disorders

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Vajraka taila

Nyagrodhadi churna