BOTANICAL NAME

EURYALE FEROX

FAMILY

NYMPHAEACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Ankalodya, Makhana, Makhanna, Padma, Padmabijabha, Paniyaphala

HINDI : Machana, Makhana, Makhna, Talmakhana

DISTRIBUTION

This species is globally distributed across India, Bangladesh, China, Korea and Japan. Within India, it has been recorded in Jammu & Kashmir, East Bengal, Assam and Mehgalaya upto an altitude of 1400 metres

DOSE

5 - 10 gm

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Not available

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Guru, Snigdh

Madhur

Madhur

Sheet

Shukrajanan

THERAPEUTIC USES

Sperm disorders

Coolant

Strength

Vigour

General weakness

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Not available