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Hydrocotyle asiatica L.
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|title =Mandukaparni
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|data2 =Hydrocotyle asiatica L.
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|label4 = Year of publication
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|label5 = Publisher
|data5 = [[Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre]]
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==English name==
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==Therepeutic uses<ref>Anonymous. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume 4:29</ref>==
Sotha(oedema), Aruchi(anorexia),Jwara(fever), Kasa(cough),kandu(itching),kustha(skin disease), raktapitta(bleeding disorder), meha,swasa(dyspnea),pandu(anemia),raktadosha.


==Synonyms in Charak Samhita==
Somavalli, Divya(mandukaparni is appreciated by all owing to its extraordinary qualities), Mahoushadhi(it is one among best medicinal plant)

==Synonyms in bhavaprakasa nighantu<ref>Shri Bhavamishra, Bhavaprakash Nighantu, Haritakyadi Varga, Verse no. 160, Edited by Padmashree Pro. Krushnachandra Chunekar, Reprint Edition, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, 2020;</ref>==
Manduki(mandukaparni has got runner and growth pattern resemble how frog jumps), tvaastri(mandukaparni is believed to be an abode of goddess laxmi.)

==Other varieties==
* Centella asiatica
* Trisanthus cochinchinensis


{| class="wikitable"


== Ayurvedic pharmacological properties ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Properties
|'''Sr.no.'''
|'''Pharmacological criteria'''
|'''Properties'''
|-
|1
|Taste (rasa)
|Bitter (tikta)
|-
|2
|Potency (veerya)
|Cold (sheeta)
|-
|3
|Post digestion effect (vipaka)
|Sweet (madhura)
|-
|4
|Qualities (guna)
|Light (laghu)
|-
|5
|Actions (karma)
|Pacify Kapha and Pitta, Brain tonic (medhya)
|}


==Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Herbs and their activities'''
|'''Sr.no.'''
|'''Reference in Charak Samhita'''
|'''Activity'''
|-
|1
|Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 4/9(50)
|Vayasthapan (anti-ageing) mahakashaya
|-
|2
|Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 27/95
|In Shaka varga (Class of vegetable)
|-
|3
|Cha.Sa.[[Viman Sthana]] 8/143
|Tikta skandha (group of bitter drugs)
|-
|4
|Cha.Sa.[[Sharira Sthana]] 8/41
|As an ingredient for Procedure to remove placenta post-delivery
|-
|5
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 1/1/58
|In formulation of dwitiya brahma rasayana
|-
|6
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 1/3/30
|Ekala rasayan dravya
|-
|7
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 11/92
|As a Vardhaman Rasayan Prayoga
|-
|8
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 13/181
|In treatment of Sannipatodara (After visha prayoga)
|-
|9
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 23/225
|As a pathya ahara.
|}

==Dose<ref>Anonymous. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume 4:29</ref>==
* 3-6 gm

==Important formulation<ref>Anonymous. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume 4:29</ref>==
* Brahma rasayana


==Current availability ==
Available
India – all india mostly in moist region

==Current researches ==
https://cb.imsc.res.in/imppat/phytochemical/Centella%20asiatica

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