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Gunja
Section/Chapter	Herb database/Gunja
Botanical name(s)	Abrusprecatorius Linn.
Contributors	--
Year of publication	2021
Publisher	Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre
DOI	Awaited

Revision as of 12:39, 17 May 2023

Abrus precatorius Linn.

Abrus/ Indian liquorice root

Sharngeshtha

Herbs and their activities
Sr.no.	Reference in Charak Samhita	Activity
1	Ch.Vi.8/135	Vaman dravyani
2	Ch Ka 1/22	Vamanarth
3	Cha. Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 7/112	Ingredient in Kanakakshiri Tail

Properties
Sr.no.	Pharmacological criteria	Properties
1	Taste (rasa)	Bitter (tikta), Astringent (kashaya)
2	Potency (veerya)	Cold (sheeta)
3	Post digestion effect (vipaka)	Pungent (katu)
4	Qualities (guna)	Light (laghu), Rough (ruksha)
5	Actions (karma)	Pacify Pitta and Kapha, Helps in treating poison (vishaghna)

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-| 1 || Taste ([[rasa]])  ||
+| 1 || Taste ([[rasa]])  || Bitter (tikta), Astringent (kashaya)
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-| 2 || Potency ([[veerya]]) ||
+| 2 || Potency ([[veerya]]) ||Cold (sheeta)
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-| 3 || Post digestion effect ([[vipaka]]) ||
+| 3 || Post digestion effect ([[vipaka]]) || Pungent (katu)
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-| 4 || Qualities ([[guna]])||
+| 4 || Qualities ([[guna]])|| Light (laghu), Rough (ruksha)
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-| 5 || Actions ([[karma]]) ||
+| 5 || Actions ([[karma]]) || Pacify Pitta and Kapha, Helps in treating poison (vishaghna)
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