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Ocimum gratissimum
Ocimum gratissimum
{{Infobox
{{Infobox
|title = Arjaka
|title = Arjaka (Tulasi bheda)
|label1 = Section/Chapter
|label1 = Section/Chapter
|data1 = Herb database/Arjaka
|data1 = Herb database/Arjaka
==Synonyms in Charak Samhita==
==Synonyms in Charak Samhita==
Barbari, Sheta tulasi
Rama tulasi, Barbari, Sheta-Tulasi, Phanijjhak
==Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions ==
==Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions ==
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Herbs and their activities
!Sr.no.
!Sr.no.
|'''Reference in Charak Samhita'''
|'''Reference in Charak Samhita'''
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|1
|1
|'''Sutra Sthana 14/32'''
|Sutra Sthana 14/32
|'''Dravya for Nadi Sweda'''
|Dravya for Nadi Sweda
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|-
|2
|2
== Ayurvedic pharmacological properties ==
== Ayurvedic pharmacological properties ==
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Properties
|'''Sr.no.'''
|'''Sr.no.'''
|'''Pharmacological criteria'''
|'''Pharmacological criteria'''
|1
|1
|Taste (rasa)
|Taste (rasa)
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|Pungent (katu), Bitter (tikta)
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|-
|2
|2
|Potency (veerya)
|Potency (veerya)
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|Hot (ushna)
|-
|-
|3
|3
|Post digestion effect (vipaka)
|Post digestion effect (vipaka)
|
|Pungent (katu)
|-
|-
|4
|4
|Qualities (guna)
|Qualities (guna)
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|Light (laghu), Rough (ruksha)
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|-
|5
|5
|Actions (karma)
|Actions (karma)
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|Pacify Kapha and Vata
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|6
|Special effect (prabhava)
|Destroys or kills microbes/germs (krimighna)
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