ARKA (Root)

Arka consists of dried roots of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br. (Fam.-Asclepiadaceae) found wild more or less throughout India.

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SYNONYMS

• Sanskrit : Ravi, Bhanu, Tapana
• Assamese : Akand, Akan
• Bengali : Akanda, Akone
• English : Madar Tree
• Gujrati : Aakado
• Hindi : Aak, Madar, Akavana
• Kannada : Ekka, Ekkadagida, Ekkegida
• Kashmiri : Acka
• Malayalam : Erikku
• Marathi : Rui
• Oriya : Arakha
• Punjabi : Ak
• Tamil : Vellerukku, Erukku
• Telugu : Jilledu
• Urdu : Madar, Aak

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PROPERTIES AND ACTION

• Rasa : Katu, Tikta
• Guna : Laghu
• Virya : Ushna.
• Vipaka : Katu
• Karma : Deepana, Kaphavatahrit, Bhedana, Krimighna, Vranahara, Vishaghna,
• Kusthaghna.

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - Mahavishagarbha Taila, Dhanvantara Ghrita

THERAPEUTIC USES - Gulma, Krimiroga, Kandu, Kushtha, Udararoga, Vrana,svasha roga.

DOSE - 1-3 g of the drug for decoction.

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