BAKUCHI

Bakuchi consists of dry ripe fruits of Psoralea corylifolia Linn. (Fam. Leguminosae), an erect, 0.3-1.8 m high annual herb, distributed throughout India, found commonly in Uttar Pradesh, Bengal and Maharashtra.

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 SYNONYMS

• Sanskrit : Avalguja, Somaraji
• Assamese : Habucha
•  Bengali : Bakuchi, Somraji, Hakucha Veeja
• English : --
•  Gujrati : Bavachi
• Hindi : Babchi, Bavachi, Bakuchi
• Kannada : Bauchige, Bhavantibeeja, Bhavanchigid, Baukuchi
•  Kashmiri : Babchi
• Malayalam : Karkokil
• Marathi : Bawchi
•  Oriya : Bakuchi
• Punjabi : Babchi, Bavchi
• Tamil : Karpokarisi, Karpogalarisi, Karbogalarisi Telugu : Bavanchalu
• Urdu : Babchi

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PROPERTIES AND ACTION

• Rasa : Katu, Tikta
• Guna : Ruksha
• Virya :sheeta
• Vipaka : Katu
• Karma : Grahi, slesmssrapittanut, Vranapaha, Hridya.

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IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Somaraji Taila, Avalguj¡di Lepa

THERAPEUTIC USES - Jvara, Krimiroga, Kushtha, Meha, Shvitra

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

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