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FAMILY ASCLEPIADACEAE
SUBSTITUTE Not Available
OTHER NAMES  
·   SANSKRIT »  
Adityapushpika, Alarka, Alarkah, Arka, Arkah, Arkaparna, Arkavrikshaha, Asphota, Bhanu, Bimbora, Dirghpushpa, Ganarupaka, Kashthila, Ksiraparna, Mandara, Pratapa, Rajarka, Raktarka, Ravi, Rupika, Sadapushpa, Sadapushpi, Shambhu, Sharkarapushpa, Shitakarka, Shuklaphala, Shveta, Shvetarka, Tapana, Tulaphala, Vasuka, Vedha, Vikirana, Vrittamallika, Pi
·   HINDI »  
Ag, Ak, Akada, Madar, Safed-ak, Safedak, Mudar, Aak, Akaro, Akh, Dudla, Aakdo, Akra, Aakro, Akha
·   ENGLISH »  
Apple of sodom, French cotton, Sodom apple
·   KANNADA »  
Kempu ekka, Bili yekkada gida, Bili aekka, Bili aekkada gida
·   MALYALAM »  
Erikku, Erukku
·   MARATHI »  
Mandara, Rui
·   ORIYA »  
Uruko
·   PERSIAN »  
Khark, Kkarak, Kharak
·   TAMIL »  
Vellerukku, Vellai erukku, Vellai erukkan, Vellerku
·   TELGU »  
Jilledu, Mandaramu, Nallajilledu, Erra jilledu, Mandaaramu
·   TIBETAN »  
A rga i rtsa ba, A rgai rtsa ba
   
DESCRIPTION
Small, erect an compact shrubs, 1-2 m high. Leaves sub-sessile, broadly ovate, ovate-oblong, elliptic or obovate, cottony pubescent when young. Flowers white, purple-spotted or pink, in umbellate cymes. Seeds with a silky white coma.
   
PHARMACOGNOSY
Root : It is rough, fissured longitudinally, corky and soft; externally yellowish-grey while internally white, central core cream coloured; bark easily separated from xylem; odour, chracteristic; taste bitter and acrid. Transverse section of root shows outer most cork tissue consisting of 4-8 rows of tangentially elongated and radially arranged cells followed by 3-6 rows of moderately thick walled, irregular cells of secondary cortex devoid of calcium oxalate crystals and starch grains.
   
DISTRIBUTION
This species is probably native to India, globally distributed in Tropical Africa and Asia. Within India, it is found growing wild throughout in comparatively drier and warmer areas, up to an altitude of 1050 metres It occurs in open habitats such as cultivated fields, roadsides, grazing lands and other disturbed or degraded sites.
   
CULTIVATION
It is a hardy shrub growing on different types of soils, and in different climatic, occurs as weed in cultivated field. It does not require specific cultivation practices or irrigation. It has been observed to grow mainly on coarse, sandy and lakaline soils.
   
PART (S) USED ROOT, KSHIR, FLOWER, LEAF
   
DOSE Root churna 1/2 - 1 gm, Kshir 1/4 - 3/4 gm, Flower 1 - 3 gm
   
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS
Calotoxin, Uscherin, Giganteol, Amyrin, Benzollineolone, Benzoylisolineolone, Evanidin, Voruscharin, Uzarigenin, Syriogenin, Proceroside, Calotropin, Calactinic acid, Uscharin, Cardenolides, Calotropin, Calotropagenin
   
PHYSICAL CONSTITUENTS Root (Foreign matter 2%, Total ash 4 %, Acid insoluble ash 1 %, Alcohol soluble extractive 2 %, Water soluble extractive 8 %)
Root Bark (Total ash 17.40 %, Acid insoluble ash 6.46 %, Water soluble extractive 14.50 %, Alcohol soluble extractive 20.00 %, Pet. Ether extractive 3.75 %, Hexame extractive 0.952 %, Benzene extractive 0.824 %, chloroform extractive 2.42 %, Alcohol extractive 12.25 %, Water extractive 8.72 %)
Leaf (Ash value 20.20 %, acid insoluble ash 3.14 %, Water soluble extractive 35.27 %, Alcohol soluble extractive 8.16 %)
   
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES  
·   GUNA (Quality)
·   RASA (Taste)
·   VIPAK (Metabolism)
·   VIRYA (Potency)
·   PRABHAV (Impact)
·   Laghu, Ruksha, Tikshan
·   Katu, Tikt
·   Katu
·   Ushan
·   Tikshanvirechan
   
PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION
Anticancer, Antiimplantation, Antimicrobial, Nematicidal, High fibrinolytic, Anticoagulant, Vermicidal, Anthelmintic, Stimulant, Spasmogenic, Mild diuretic
   
THERAPEUTIC USES Purgative   ·   Abdominal disorders   ·   Skin disease   ·   Micturitive
   
FORMULATIONS (Yog)
Abhaya lavan Arkadi kvath churna Maha vishgarbha taila
Marichadya taila Prabhanjana vimardana taila Saindhavadi taila
Vajraka taila
   
ANTI-DOTE (Nivaran Dravya) Not available

   
   

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