Manjistha (Rubia cordifolia)- Drug information

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Manjistha Plants...

 Manjistha comes under rakta pradana gana.

Botanical name: Rubia cordifolia.

Family: Rubiaceae.

English Name: Indian Madder.

Botanical Description:

It is a creeper can grow upto 1.5 meter in height.
Its leaves are 5 to 10 centi. long and 2 to 3 centi. broad, produced in 4 to 7 star like around the central stem.
It climbs with tiny hooks at the end of leaves and stems.
Its flowers are small with five pale yellow petals in dense dense racemes.
Its roots are reddish, long and thick.

Availability:

It is available in all parts of India, upto 8000 ft. height.

Chemical Composition:
Its roots contain an organic compound called Alizarin, that gives its red color to a textile dye known as Rose madder. It also used as colorant. It also contains Purpurin, Manjistin, and Jenopthyurin, and psodupurpurin.

Properties:

It is heavy in digestion and can cause dryness.
It has bitter, pungent and sweet in taste.
Its Vipak is Katu.
It is Ushana Virya.

Karma/Functions:

Dosha Karma: Kapha Pitta Shaamaka.

Externally it helps to subside swelling, helps in healing the wounds, and it helps in various skin problems.

It also helps in blood Purification.

In short it mainly helps in skin disorders and also helps as intermodulator.

Its Useful part for the treatment is its Mula/ Root.

Dosages:

Internally.
It can be taken in 50 to 100 ml/ day. in liquid form.
1 to 3 grms./day. in choorna/powder form.

Externally.
Depends on the condition, and treating Ayurvedic Physician.

FOR MORE DETAILS:

Vd. Nirjar T. Shukla

Shadashiv Ayurvedic Clinic,
Hatadiya Bazar,
Lunawada-389230

5/B Srutikunj Socity,
B/S Ilaj medical store,
Nr. Old Maninagar Railway Crossing.
Maninagar (E).-980008
Ahmedabad.

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