| Botanical Name (Latin):
Terminalia arjuna
Sanskrit
Name:
Arjuna
Common Name (English):
Arjuna Myrobalan
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: + Pitta: -
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): kashaya
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): shita
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
katu
Guna
(Qualities):
laghu, ruksa
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):
J/Hemostatic if bleeding is present, otherwise it is a blood thinner. /cardiac tonic (tonifies muscle of heart) J/Special action?
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
heart myocardium, urinary system, cardiovascular system, pancreatic system/J hepatic system
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:
J/Cardio-protective, hepatoprotective, mildly diuretic, (Bone 133) /astringent, tonic, febrifuge, cardiac tonic, antipyretic, diuretic, cardiac tonic, diuretic = reduces edema, activates pancreas, gives color to skin, works on urinary, cardiovascular, antiinflammatory, spermatogenic, stimulates insulin secretion, decreases tachycardia, broncho dilator, promotes ojas; K = kapha batsamak, hridya, raktsamgrahik, sothaghana, sandhamiya9Helps heal fractures), vran ropan(helps heal ulcers),tonic, astringent, lithontriptic; fruit = tonic, deobstruent, hemostatic in bleeding otherwise it's a blood thinner (prabhava?)
Indications
(Uses):
Contraindications
(Cautions):
none noted
Constituents:
J/ tannins, triterpenoid saponins, flavonoids, phytosterols/ large amount of calcium salts and less aluminum and magnesium slats; watery extracts = 23% calcium salts and 16 % tannins; ark has cyrstaline sub arjuunine, lactone, arjunetin, essential oil, tannin, reducing sugars,and coloring matter; saponin like substance responsible for dirutic activity; arjunalic acid, saponin, leukodelphinidin (Karpoor)
Active
Substances:
arjunine, alkaloid, lactone essential oil tannin
Plant Part
Used:
bark
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