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KATUKA
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(Best
Quality of
PICRORHIZA KURROA
available with VHCA Herbals since 1928)
Call 092543 - 52214 / 098962 - 17248
for Query
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NAME
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PICRORHIZA KURROA
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SCROPHULARIACEAE
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Not Available
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| DESCRIPTION |
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Trailing hairy herbwith joined zig-zag, elongate, creeping rhizome, 2-8 cm long, greyish-brown giving off-shoots at joints and also rooting at the nodes. Rootstock thick, perennial 15-25 cm long, clothed with scars of withered leaf bases.
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Rhizome : 2.5 - 8 cm long and 4 - 8 mm thick, subcylindrical, straight or slightly curved, extrenally greyish-brown, surface rough due to longitudinal wrinkles, circular scars of roots, bud scales and sometimes rooots attached, tip ends in a growing bud surrounded by tufted crown of leaves, at places cork exfoliates exposing dark cortex; fracture short; odour pleasnt; taste bitter. Microscopically rhizome shows 20 - 25 layers of cork consisting of tangentially elongated , suberised cells.
Root : Thin, cylindrical, 5 - 10 cm long, 0.05 - 0.1 cm in diameter, straight or slightly curved with a few longitudinal wrinkles and dotted scars, mostly attached with rhizomes, dusty grey, fracture short, inner surface black with whitish xylem; odour pleasnt; taste biter. In transverse section young root shows single layered epidermis, some epidermal cells elongate forming unicellular hairs; hypodermis single layered; cortex 8 - 14 layered consisting of oval to polygonal, thick - walled, parenchymatous cells.
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This species is globlaly distributed in the Himalayan range across Pakistan, India and Nepal. Within India, it is found in the alpine Himalayas of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim between an altitude range of 3300-4300 metres
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| CULTIVATION |
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andy textured loam soil is best for the cultivation o kutki. High moisture contents and partial shady areas are suitable for its cultivation.
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ROOT
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Churna 1/2 - 1 gm
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| CHEMICAL
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D-mannitol, Kutkiol, Kutkisterol, Vanillic acid, Picorhizin, Verinicoside, Cucurbitacin glycosides, Apocynin, Acetophenone
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| PHYSICAL
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Total ash 7 %, Acid insoluble ash 1 %, Alcohol soluble extractive 10 %, Water soluble extractive 20 %
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GUNA (Quality)
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RASA (Taste)
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VIPAK (Metabolism)
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VIRYA (Potency)
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PRABHAV (Impact)
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Ruksha, Laghu
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Tikt
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Katu
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Sheet
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Pit virechan
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| PHARMACOLOGICAL
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Antipyretic, Antiinflammatory, Antiviral, Hepatoprotective, Antistress, Antispasmodic, Hydrocholeretic, Depressant, Diuertic, Antibacterial, Antiperiodic, Cholagogue, Hypotensive
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Coolant
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Anti-pyretic
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Heart ailments
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Skin disease
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Cough
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| ANTI-DOTE
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Not available
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Buy / Purchase best Quality
KATUKA
(PICRORHIZA KURROA)
from VHCA Herbals
(Packing
& Despatching High Quality Genuine Herbs across Globe since
1928)
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VHCA
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Current |
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| Branch
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Punjab
National Bank |
| Location |
Old
GT Road, Karnal, Haryana |
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Code :- PUNB0025900
2)
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Name |
Mukesh
Kumar |
| Account
No. |
017301002531 |
| Branch
Name |
SEc
12, ICICI |
| Location |
Karnal,
Haryana |
IFSCI
Code:- ICIC0000173
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| Account
Name |
Mukesh |
| Account
No. |
17271000009960 |
| Branch
Name |
HDFC,
Gharaunda |
| Location |
GT
Road, Gharaunda (Karnal) |
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Code:- HDFC0001727
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in Ayurveda (BAMS), MD and PhD in Alternative Medicine, Diploma
of Yoga and Nature Cure (NDDY) and last but not least he holds
PG diploma in Human Resource Management, besides that he holds
the distinction of passing the Graduation of Law (LLB). He also
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(PGDJMC). He is the receipent of national award in social service
and Ayurveda. Apart from this, he holds an ancestral knowledge
of Ayurveda. Traditional Ayurveda is practiced in his family
for more than hundred years. He belongs to the sixth generation
of the same family practicing the age old tradition.
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Helpline:
+91 - 92543 - 52214 / +91 - 98962 - 17248
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