| Botanical Name (Latin):
Compound
Sanskrit
Name:
Kaishore Guggulu
Common Name (English):
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: -
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): tikta, madhura, 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):
madhura
Guna
(Qualities):
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):
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
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:
antiinflammatory
Indications
(Uses):
inflammatory arthritis, bursitis,gout, bruises, carpaltunnel, inflammation. of prostate, epididimus, bleeding piles, conjunctivitis, malignant ulcers,leprosy, boils, fistula, sciatica, otorrhea, inflammation, osteoarthritis, bursitis, costocondritis, bout, bruises, carpal tunnel syndrome, prostatitis, architis, epididymitis,purpura, bleeding piles
Contraindications
(Cautions):
Constituents:
guduci, triphala, trikatu, vidanga, guggulu, nosoth, dantimula
Active
Substances:
Plant Part
Used:
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