ASANA

Asana consists of heart-wood of Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. (Fam.-Leguminosae), a moderate to large sized, deciduous tree, upto 30 m high and 2.5 m in girth, with straight clear bole, found mostly throughout Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh Bihar and Orissa.

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SYNONYMS

• Sanskrit : Beejaka, Peetasara, Asanaka, Beejasara
• Assamese : Aajar
• Bengali : Piyasala, Pitasala
• English : Indian Kino Tree
• Gujrati : Biyo
• Hindi : Vijayasara, Bija
• Kannada : Bijasara, Asana
• Kashmiri : Lal Chandeur
• Malayalam : Venga
• Marathi : Bibala
• Oriya : Piashala
• Punjabi : Chandan Lal, Channanlal
• Tamil : Vengai
• Telugu : Yegi, Vegisa
• Urdu : Bijasar

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PROPERTIES AND ACTION

• Rasa : Ka5tu, Tikta, Kashya
• Guna : Laghu, Ruksha
• Virya : Ushna
• Vipaka : Katu
• Karma : Kushthaghna, Rashayana, Kaphapittashamaka; Galadoshaghna, Keshya, Tvacchya, Stambhana, Raktashodhana

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - Nyagrodh¡di Kwatha Churna¸ Asanavilv¡di Taila

THERAPEUTIC USES - Krimiroga, Kushtha, Prameha, Pandu, Medoroga

DOSE - 50-100 g of the drug for decoction.

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