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संस्कृत नाम- विदारीकन्द
Botanical name - Pueraria tuberosa
Description -
Climbing shrubs with large tuberous roots. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets silky-pubescent beneath. Flowers bluish-white, fascicled on long racemes. Pod linear, constricted.
Chemical_Constituents-
Roots (tubers) contain pterocarpanone hydroxytuberosin, amino acids, Beta-sitosterol , stigmasterol, daidzein, puerarin and a cardiac glycoside
Uses -
Roots demulcent and refrigerant, also used as a cataplasm on swollen joints and as a galactogogue.
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