वृष्यगन्धिका
वृष्या
वृषा
वसुः
वस्त्ररञ्जकम्
वस्त्ररञ्जिनी
वसा
वसिरः
वह्निज्वाला
वह्निवक्त्रा
वह्निशिखं
वागरङ्गः
वाजिदन्तः
वाजिनाम
वाट्या
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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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