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KOKILAKSHA
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| BOTANICAL
NAME
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ASTERACANTHA LONGIFOLIA
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| FAMILY |
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ACANTHACEAE
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| SUBSTITUTE |
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Not Available
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| OTHER
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SANSKRIT
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Kokilaksh, Ikshurak
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HINDI
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Taalmakhana, Kulimakhada
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BENGALI
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Kantkalia
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| DESCRIPTION |
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Stout herbs with numerous fasciculate, usually unbranched, subquadrangular stems 60-120 cm tall; nodes, hispid with long hairs. Leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 10-18 * 2-3 cm, in whorls of 6 at each node, the two outer ones much larger than the four inner ones.
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| PHARMACOGNOSY |
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Root : Roots are mostly adventitious, whitish to brown with no characteristic odour and taste. Transverse section shows a single layered epidermis having unicellular hairs. Secondary cortex is composed of round to oval or oblong, thin-walled cells having large intercellular spaces; most of these cells divided longitudinally and transversely with walls forming 4-6 or more chambers; a few thick-walled cells are found scattered wingly throughout secondary cortex. Phloem fibres are thick-walled, in groups of 2-6 or single, scattered throughout the phloem region.
Stem : Stem is usually unbranched, fasciculate, sub-quadrangular, swollen at nodes, covered with hairs, especially at the nodes, externally greyish-brown, creamish-brown in cut surfaces. Transverse section shows somewhat subquadrangular outline. Cork consists of 5-10 rows or rectangular, radially arranged, moderately thick-walled, brownish cells.
Leaf : Leaf is greenish-brown, 1-7 cm long, 0.5-1 cm wide, subsessile, lanceolate, acute, entire and hairy. Transverse section of midrib shows concavo-covex outline; epidermis on either surface covered with thick cuticle; collenchyma 2-5 layered; stele composed of small strands of xylem and phloem having some groups of fibre; rest of tissues composed of thin-walled, parenchymatous cells.
Flower : Flower is yellowish-brown, usualy occuring in apparent whorls of eight (in 4 pairs) at each node; bracts about 2.5 cm long, with long white hairs; calyx 4-partite, upper sepal 1.6-2 cm long, broader than the other three, which are 1.3 cm long, all linear-lanceolate, coarsely hairy on the back and with hyaline ciliate margins; corolla about 3 cm long, widely 2 lipped, tube 1.6 cm long, abruptly swollen at top; stamens 4, didynamous, second pair larger.
Fruit : Fruit is a two celled capsule, linear-oblong, compressed, about 0.8 cm long, pointed, 4-8 seeded. It shows single layered epidermis covered with striated cuticle, followed by 5-10 layered, thick-walled, oval to hexagonal, lignified, sclerenchymatous cells.
Seed : Seed is ovate, flat or compressed, truncate at the base, 0.2-0.25 cm long and 0.1-0.15 cm wide, hairy but appearing smooth; when soaked in water immediately get coated with mucilage, taste slightly bitter. It shows hairy testa composed of thin-walled, tangentially elongated cells covered with pigmented cuticle.
Powder : It is light brown in colour and shows aseptate, elongated fibers; vessels with simple pits and spiral thickenings; palisade, acicular crystals of calcium oxalate, unicellul;ar hairs and oil globules under microscope.
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| DISTRIBUTION |
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ALONGSIDE RIVER BEDS
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| CULTIVATION |
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It is propagated by seeds. The plant tolerates variety o soils and can be cultivated in wet and marshy places
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| PART
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ROOT, SEED, PANCHAANG
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| DOSE |
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Kwath 5 - 10 ml, Seed churna 3 - 6 gm, Kshar 1 - 2 gm
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| CHEMICAL
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Apigenin-7-0-glucoside, 7-0-glucoside, Histidine, Lysine, Phenylalanine, Linoleic acid, Palimtic acid, Stearic acid, Xylose, Uronic acid, Polysaccharides, Xylan, Protease, Lupeol, Betulin, Phytosterol, Ascorbic acid, Nicotinic acid, Betulin
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| PHYSICAL
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Foreign matter 2 %, Total ash 9 %, Acid insoluble ash 1 %, Alcohol soluble extractive 4 %, 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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Guru, Snigdh, Pichil
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Madhur
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Madhur
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Sheet
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Shukrajanan
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| PHARMACOLOGICAL
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Anticonvulsant, Antineoplastic, Hepatoprotective, Antifungal, Antispasmodic, Respiratory stimulant, Antibacetrial, Diuretic, Hypotensive, Vasodialtory, Bronchodilatory
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| THERAPEUTIC
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General weakness
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Sexual disorders
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Urinary tract infection
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| FORMULATIONS
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| ANTI-DOTE
(Nivaran Dravya) |
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Not available
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