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Sanskrit / Indian Names : Udakiryaka, Putikaranja
Latin Names : Caesalpinia digyna, Caesalpinia bonducella
English Name : Teri Pods
A large, scandent, prickly shrub or climber.
The plant is used for curing senile pruritis with excellent result. The drug is also reported to exhibit anti-fatigue effect in rats. The roots have marked astringent and antipyretic properties.
They yield bergenin (vakerin).
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Sanskrit / Indian Name : Zergul
English Name : Calendula
An aromatic, erect, annual herb, cultivated in India.
The ligulate florets constitute the drug which is reported to possess stimulant, bitter, tonic, sudorific, febrifuge, carminative, anti-emetic and anthelmintic properties. The flowers contain calenduline, and oleanolic acid glycoside and sterol glycosides. They also contain a- and ß-amyrin, taraxasterol, y - taraxasterol, lupeol, brein, faradiol, arnidiol, erythrodiol, calenduladiol, coflodiol (ursadiol) and manilladiol.
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Sanskrit / Indian Name : Alarka
Latin Name : Calotropis procera
English Names : Dead Sea Apple, Milkweed, Sodom Apple, Swallow-Wort
A small, erect and compact shrub, covered with cottony tomentum.
The rootbark contains a- and ß-amyrin, ß-amyrin, taraxasterol and its y-isomer, taraxasteryl isovalerate, taraxasteryl acetate, gigantin, giganteol, isogiganteol, ß-sitosterol and a wax.
In small doses, the rootbark is diaphoretic and expectorant. It acts as a mild stimulant.
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