BOTANICAL NAME

BOERHAAVIA VERTICILLATA

FAMILY

NYCTAGINACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Vrsciva

HINDI : Safed punarnavaa, Gada poornaa

DISTRIBUTION

Distributed in the plains throughout India during rainy season

DOSE

5 - 15 gm

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Not available

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Ruksha, Laghu

Tikt, Madhur

Madhur

Ushan

Vatahara

THERAPEUTIC USES

Pandu

Visavikara

Sotha

Sopha

Udarroga

Hridroga

Kasa

Sula

Vikara

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Abhrak bhasma

Dadhika ghrita

Punarnavadyarishta