| BOTANICAL NAME |
Leptadenia reticulata |
| FAMILY |
Asclepiadaceae |
| SANSKRIT |
Ark pushpi |
| ENGLISH |
- |
| HINDI |
Dodisak |
| KANNADA |
- |
| MALAYALAM |
- |
| TELUGU |
- |
| TAMIL |
Mukkutummadi, Paley Keeri |
| MARATHI |
- |
| PARTS USED |
Root |
| DOSE |
Choorna 3-6g |
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS
Presence of tannin, sterols, alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, carbohydrates, and glycosides-like constituents. Presence of carbohydrate denotes Jivanti having Madhura Rasa, may confirms classical reference.
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
| QUALITY (GUNA) |
Laghu, snigdha |
| TASTE (RASA) |
Madhura |
| METABOLISM (VIPAKA) |
Madhura |
| POTENCY (VIRYA) |
Sita |
| IMPACT (PRABHAVA) |
- |
PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION
- Immuno modulatory- regulate immune functions.
- Anti asthmatic-helps in breathing problems.
- Vasodilator.
- Galactogogue.
THERAPEUTIC USES
SOME OF THE COMMON FORMULATIONS
- Jivantyadi ghrita
- Jivantyadi leha