ATASI(Seed)

Atasi consists of dried, ripe seeds of Linum usitatissimum Linn. (Fam. Linaceae), an erect annual herb, 0.6-1.2 m high, extensively cultivated throughout the plains of India upto an altitude of 800 m, capsule ripen by end of June, dried seeds separated from capsule by thrashing.

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 SYNONYMS

•  Sanskrit : Um¡, KÀum¡
• Assamese : Tisi, Tusi
•  Bengali : Masina, Atasi
•  English : Linseed
• Gujrati : Alshi, Arasi
• Hindi : Alsi
• Kannada : Agasebeeja, Semeagare, Agasi
• Kashmiri : Alsi
• Malayalam : Agastha, Agasi, Cheru charm
• Marathi : Atshi
• Oriya : Atushi
• Punjabi : Ali
• Tamil : Ali, Virai
• Telugu : Avisa
• Urdu : Alsi, Katan

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PROPERTIES AND ACTION

•  Rasa : Madhura, Tikta
• Guna : Guru, Snigdha
• Virya : Ushna
• Vipaka : Katu
•  Karma : Vataghna, Achakshsya

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IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - Sarsap¡di Taila THERAPEUTIC USES - Krimiroga, Kushtha, Prameha,     shiro roga

DOSE - 3-6 g of the drug in powder form.

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