ATIBALA

Atibala consists of root of Abutilon indicum (Linn.) Sweet (Fam. Malvaceae), a hairy herb or under-shrub 1.0-1.5 m high, annual or more often perennial with golden yellow flowers, flowering mostly throughout the year found abundantly throughout the hotter parts of India, as a common weed on road sides and other waste places in plains and hills, upto an elevation of 600 m.

SYNONYMS

•  Sanskrit : Kankatika, ÎÀyapr°kt¡
•  Assamese : Jayavandha, Jayapateri
• Bengali : Badela
• English : Indian Mallow
• Gujrati : Kansaki, Khapat
• Hindi : Kanghi
• Kannada : Shrimudrigida, Mudragida, Turube Kashmiri : Kath
• Malayalam : Uram, Katuvan, Urubam, Urabam, Vankuruntott, Oorpam, Tutti
• Marathi : Chakrabhendi, Petari, Mudra
• Oriya : Pedipidika
•  Punjabi : Kangi, Kangibooti
• Tamil : Tutti, Thuthi
• Telugu : Tutturubenda

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• PROPERTIES AND ACTION
•  Rasa : Madhura
• Guna : Snigdha
• Virya : sheeta
• Vipaka : Madhura
• Karma : Balya, Vatahara, Vrishya, Grahi

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - Bala Taila, Narayana Taila, Mahanarayana Taila

THERAPEUTIC USES - Raktapitta, Vatarakta, Meha

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

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