Ashmantaka: Difference between revisions

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-''Bauhinia racemosa. Lam''
+Bauhinia racemosa Lam.
 {{Infobox
 |title = Ashmantaka
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 ==English name==
+--
 ==Synonyms in Charak Samhita==
-Laghu Patha,
+Yugmapatra, Yaalapatraka, Kanchini, Kanchanar
+== Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+Herbs and their activities
+|'''Sr.no.'''
+|'''Reference in Charak Samhita'''
+|'''Activity'''
+|-
+|1
+|Sutra sthana  1/114
+|Shodhana  (Ksheera vriksha)
+(Virechana- Therapeutic  purgation)
+|-
+|2
+|Sutra sthana  4/9(33)
+|Mootrasangrahaniya mahakashaya
+|-
+|3
+|Sutra  Sthana 14/31
+|Dravya for  Nadi Sweda
+|-
+|4
+|Vimana Sthana  8/144
+|Kashaya-skandha
+|-
+|5
+|Cha. Sa.  Chikitsa
+Sthan14/45
+|Used in  swedana kriya
+|-
+|6
+|Cha.sa. Chi.26/184
+|Used in Kaphaja Siroroga  for Pradhamana nasya.
+|}
 == Ayurvedic pharmacological properties ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
 Properties
+|'''Sr.no.'''
+|'''Pharmacological criteria'''
+|'''Properties'''
+|-
+|1
+|Taste (rasa)
+|Astringent (kashaya)
+|-
+|2
+|Potency (veerya)
+|Cold (sheeta)
+|-
+|3
+|Post digestion effect (vipaka)
+|Pungent (katu)
+|-
+|4
+|Qualities (guna)
+|Rough (ruksha), Light (laghu0
+|-
+|5
+|Actions (karma)
+|Pacify Kapha and Pitta
+|-
+|6
+|Special effect (prabhava)
+|Cure goiter and disorders of thyroid gland (gandamalanashaka)
+|}
 ==Current availability ==
 Available