BOTANICAL NAME

CRATAEVA NURVALA

FAMILY

CAPPARIDACEAE

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Varun, Tiktshaak

HINDI : Baruna, Barna

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

DISTRIBUTION

The global distribution of this species is recorded in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (earlier Burma), Malesia, Indonesia, China and SriLanka. In India, it occurs in Peninsular India, Western India, Gangetic Plains and Eastern India up to Tripura and Manipur covering the states of Uttara Pradesh. , Bihar, West Bengal, Assam. , Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. This species is globally distributed in Indo-Malesia. Wtihin India, it is found throughout, either wild or cultivated.

DOSE

Kwath 50 - 100 ml

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Lauric, Stearic, Undecyclic, Oleic, Linoleic acids, Triterpene alcohol, Cetyl alcohol, Ceryl alcohol, Triacontane, Triacontanol, Varunol, Rutin

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Laghu, Ruksha

Tikt, Kashay

Katu

Ushan

Ashmari-bhedan

THERAPEUTIC USES

Blood purifier

Cough

Anti-pyretic

Abdominal disorders

General weakness

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Abhaya lavan

Ashmarihar kashay churna

Nyagrodhadi churna