ASHOKA(Dried Bark)

Ashoka consists of dried stem bark of Saraca asoca (Rose.) De. Willd , Syn. Saraca indica Linn. (Fam. Leguminosae), collected in spring from mature, wild or cultivated trees,found in Central and Eastern Himalayas, Western Ghats and Deccan.

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SYNONYMS

• Sanskrit : Kankeli
• Assamese : Ashoka
• Bengali : Ashoka
• English : Asok Tree
• Gujrati : Ashoka
• Hindi : Ashoka
• Kannada : Ashokadamara, Ashokamara, Kankalimara
• Kashmiri : Ashok
• Malayalam : Asokam
• Marathi : Ashok
• Oriya : Ashoka
• Punjabi : Asok
• Tamil : Asogam, Asogu, Asokam
• Telugu : Ashokapatta

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PROPERTIES AND ACTION

• Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya
• Guna : Laghu, Ruksha
• Virya : sheeta
• Vipaka : Katu
• Karma : Hridya, Vishaghna,Grahi,Varnya,Shothahara

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IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - Ashokarishta, Ashokaghrita

THERAPEUTIC USES - Shotha,Daha,Asrigdara, Apachi, Raktadosha

DOSE - 20-30 g of the drug for decoction

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