BOTANICAL NAME

LEPTADENIA RETICULATA

FAMILY

ASCLEPIADACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Arkapushpi, Caksusya, Jivaniya, Jivanti, Madhusrava, Mangalyanama, Mangalyanamadheya, Meda, Sakasresta, Sakasrestha, Srngati, Svarnajivanti, Tittajivanti

HINDI : Dori, Jhumka, Meethi dodi, Jumka

DISTRIBUTION

Globally the species is distributed in Mauritius, Madagascar, Myanmar (earlier Burma), SriLanka, India and Malesia. Within India it is found in the Sub-Himalayan tracts of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and upto an altitude of 900 m in Deccan Peninsula. This species is globally distributed in Indo-Malesia. Within India, it is found in the Sub-Himalayan tracts of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and upto an altitude of 900 m in Deccan Peninsula.

DOSE

Churna 3 - 6 gm, Kwath 50 - 100 ml

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Fructosan, Amyrin, Stigmasterol, Sitosterol, Diosmetin, Luteolin, Quercetin, Isoquercitrin, Rutin, Mesoinositol, Monomethyl ether

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Laghu, Snigdh

Madhur

Madhur

Sheet

Jivniya

THERAPEUTIC USES

Rasayan

Strngth and vigour

Cough expectorant

Coolant

Eye ight enhancer

Heart ailments

Coolant

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Shwashar kashay churna

Vidaryadi ghrita

Sadbindu taila