BOTANICAL NAME

DOLICHOS BIFLORUS

FAMILY

PAPILIONACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Kalavrinta, Khalakula, Khalva, Kolutha, Kulastha, Kulasthah, Kulatha, Kulathika, Kulattah, Kulattha, Kulatthah, Kulatthaka, Kulatthi, Kulattika, Kulitha, Simbi, Sitetara, Svetabija, Tamabija, Tamrabijah, Tamravriksha, Tamravrinta, Vardhipataka

HINDI : Gahat, Koolthee, Kulthi, Kulti

DISTRIBUTION

This species is native to India, globally distributed in the Paleotropics. Within India, it occurs all over up to an altitude of 1500 metres It is an important pulse crop particularly in Madras, Mysore, Bombay and Hyderabad.

DOSE

Churna 3 - 6 gm

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Urease, Strepogenin, Genistein, Dalbergioidin, Kievitone, Phaseollidin, Isoferreriin, Alanine, Glycine, Cysteine, Serine, Psoralidin, Coumesterol, Phaseollidin, Glycine, Kievitone, Psoralidin

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Laghu, Ruksha, Tikshan

Kashay

Amal

Ushan

Ashmari-bhedan

THERAPEUTIC USES

Anti-pyretic

Sperm disorders

Cough

Uterine disorders

Obesity

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Dhanvantara taila