वृद्धदारुकः
वैदॆही
वधूः
वॆधमुख्यः
वनकॊद्रवः
वृन्ताकम्
वन्दा
वन्ध्याकर्कॊटकी
वनश्रृङ्गाट
वनस्पतिः
व्यङ्गा
वयस्था
वयस्या
व्याघ्री
व्याधिघातः
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वृद्धदारुकः
Botanical name -
Argyreia speciosa
Description -
Phytography: Climbing shrub.
Chemical Constituents-
Chemical contents : Leaf: 1-triacontanol, p-sitosterol.epifriedelinol; Seed: ergoline, ergine, isoergine, isolysergic acid amide, pennidavine , caffeic acid, Et-catfeate, lysergic acid amide,
Use -
Sanskrit name: Samudrapalaka. Traditional use : Plant: in stomach complaints, sores on foot, small pox, syphilis, diarrhoea, dysentery; Leaf: antiphlogistic, used as emollient, poultices for wounds, externally for skin diseases, gleet gonorrhoea, strangury and chronic ulcers. Modem use : Root: as tonic, alterative, in rheumatism and disease of the nervous system; Seed: show significant hypotensive and spasmolytic activity.
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