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Salvadora persica L.
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|title = Pilu
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|data1 = Herb database/Pilu
|label2 = Botanical name(s)
|data2 = Salvadora persica L.
|label3 = Contributors
|data3 = --
|label4 = Year of publication 
|data4 =  2021
|label5 = Publisher 
|data5 =  [[Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre]]
|label6 = DOI 
|data6  = Awaited
}}

==English name == 

Toothbrush tree

== Synonyms in Charak Samhita==
Pilu, Madhupeelu
== Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions == 

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Herbs and their activities
|-
! Sr.no. !! Reference in Charak Samhita !! Activity 
|-
| 1 ||Sutra sthana  2/4 
| Sirovirechana (Errhine  therapy)
|-
| 2 || Sutra sthana 3/4 
| Churna  pradeha
|-
| 3 || Sutra sthana  2/10 
|Virechana  (Therapeutic purgation)
|-
|4
|Sutra sthana 3/4
|Churna  pradeha
|-
|5
|Sutra sthana  4/9(24)
|Virechanopag  mahakashay
|-
|6
|Sutra sthana  4/9(39)
|Jwarahara mahakashaya
|-
|7
|Sutra  Sthana 13/66
|Virechana  for Mridukoshtha
|-
|8
|Ch Su 27/145
|Phala Varga
|-
|9
|Ch Vi 6/17
|Abhyantar Krimi  Chikitsa
|-
|10
|Ch.Vi.8/136
|Virechana  Dravyani
|-
|11
|Vimana Sthana  8/142
|Katuskandha
|-
|12
|Ch.Sha.8/47
|Jatamatra balak  paricharya
|-
|13
|[[Kalpa Sthana]] 7/26
|Preparations of Trivrit
|-
|14
|[[Kalpa Sthana]] 7/25
|Preparations of Trivrit avaleha
|-
|15
|Cha.sa.Chi.3/267
|As an ingredient of Agurvadi taila.
|-
|16
|Cha. Sa.  Chikitsa Sthana 17/87
|Used in condition  of udavarta and adhman in hikka svasaroga
|-
|17
|Cha.sa.chi.24/149
|Used as Sheeta kashaya in  Trushna (Pittaja madatyaya).
|-
|18
|Cha.Sa.chi.29/81
|As an ingredient of Baladi yoga.
|-
|19
|Cha.Sa.chi.29/152
|As an ingredient of Triphaladi kalka in tridoshaja shola.
|-
|}

== Ayurvedic pharmacological properties == 

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Properties 
|-
! Sr.no. !! Pharmacological criteria !! Properties
|-
| 1 || Taste ([[rasa]])  || Pungent (katu), Bitter (tikta), Sweet (madhura)
|-
| 2 || Potency ([[veerya]]) ||Hot (ushna)
|-
| 3 || Post digestion effect ([[vipaka]]) || Pungent (katu)
|-
| 4 || Qualities ([[guna]])|| Light (laghu), Unctuous (snigdha), Sharp (tikshna)
|-
| 5 || Actions ([[karma]]) || Pacify Kapha and Vata, Increases Pitta
|-
|}

== Current availability== 

Available 

== Current researches ==

[[Category: Database of herbs and minerals | Herbs]]

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