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Karpasa
Karpasa
BOTANICAL NAME
Gossypium herbaceum linn
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SANSKRIT NAME
Karpasa
HINDI
Kapai
ENGLISH
Cotton plant
KANNADA
Hatti
TAMIL
Panji
MALAYALAM
Panji
MARATHI
-
TELUGU
Pratichettu
DISTRIBUTION
It is widely cultivated throught India
PARTS USED
Root,Flower,Seed
DOSE
-
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS
Hemigosypol, Quercimetitrin, Gossypol
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
QUALITY (GUNA)
Laghu, Tikshna
TASTE (RASA)
Katu
METABOLISM (VIPAKA)
Katu
POTENCY (VIRYA)
Ushna
IMPACT (PRABHAVA)
Vrshya
PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION
Vata-pittahara,Mutrala.
It is having stimulating effect on uterus and ovary and hence it is used in the menstrual disorders.
Seeds are used as laxatives and also has galactogo properties. Also used as diuretic.
THERAPEUTIC USES
Vandhya,Kasa,Kastartava,Anartava,Mutrakrcchhra
SOME OF THE COMMON FORMULATIONS
Karpasatyadi tailam