| Botanical Name (Latin):
Commiphora mukul
Sanskrit
Name:
Guggulu
Common Name (English):
Indian Bedellium
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: +
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): tikta, katu
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): ushna
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
katu
Guna
(Qualities):
laghu, tikshna, snigda, styana, sara
The twenty gunas or qualities
of all substances are: Guru
(heavy) Manda
(dull) Shita
(cold) Ushna (hot)
Snigdha
(unctuous) Slaksna
(smooth) Sandra
(dense) Mridu
(soft) Sthira
(stable) Suksma
(subtle) Visada
(non-slimy) Laghu
(light) Tikshna
(sharp) Rooksha
(un-unctuous, dry) Khara
(rough) Drava
(liquid) Kathina
(hard) Sara
(unstable) Sthula
(gross) Piccila
(slimy)
Prabhava
(Special Potency):
rasayana, decreases cholesterol
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
all 7 dhatus
The seven dhatus or tissues
are: Rasa (plasma, lymph), Rakta
(red blood cells), Mamsa
(muscle tissue), Meda (adipose
tissue), Ashti (bone tissue),
Majja (bone marrow, nervous
tissue
, connective tissue), Shukra
(male reproductive tissue), Artava
(female reproductive tissue)
Pharmacological
Action:
stomachic, carminative, anti-spasmodic, spermatogenic, antiarthritis, antirheumatic, appetizer, diaphoretic, diuretic, deamafication carminative, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, antirheumatic, demulcent, aprurient, emmenagogue, astringent, antiseptic, alterative, antiarthritic, aprurient, rasayanam diuretic, antiallergic, appetizer K = tridosha hara, sotha hara, badana samaka, barna sodhana, hrdya, mutrala, khutaghana, dipana, arsoghona, rasayana, used in all vata bayadha; demulcent, aperient, alterative, carminative, antispasmodic, emmenagogue, astringent, antiinflammatory, hypocholesterogenic, hypolipemic, reduces total serum cholesterol and serum lipid-phosphorus, appetizer, antisuppurataive, aphrodisiac
Indications
(Uses):
hi cholesterol, tri glycerides, asthma, lypoma, hyperlipidemia,, indigestion, gas, cholesterol, tri-glycerides, arthritis and rheumatoid), lypoma, edema, ama, obesity, hyperlipidemia, old age, heart problems K = endometritis, menorrhagia, leprosy, lassitude, nervous pains, serum turbidity, on broken skin as astringent and antiseptic, parasites, arthritis, hemorrhoids, fistula
Contraindications
(Cautions):
during pregnancy
Constituents:
Fe, Ca, Mg, Zn, Al, Cu, silicondioxide. K = gum, silicon dioxide, calcium, magnesium, iron, aluminum, essential oil = myrcene, dimyrcene, polymyrcene, sesamin, cholesterol, steroidal ketones, alcohols, and aliphatic triols. Steroidal components Z-guggulsterone, E-guggulsterol, I,II,III; fatty tetrols are found also.
Active
Substances:
xanthine
Plant Part
Used:
gum resin
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