GUNJA

1. Botanical name : Abrus precatorius
2. Family : Fabaceae
3. Tamil : Gundumani
4. Hindi : Gunja
5. Malayalam : Gundumani,
6. English : Indian bead, Rosary pea
7. Habit : A woody, climbing vine with slender branches that twines around trees, shrubs, and hedges, seeds are toxic.
8. Distribution : Found in South Asia, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nepal, India and in the Himalayas.
9. Useful part : Root, Seed, Leaf.
10. Rasa Panchaka
    • Rasa :  Tikta,Kashaya
    • Guna : Laghu,Ruksha
    • Veerya : Ushna
    • Vipaka : Katu
    • Karma : Vata pitta samaka (root), and Kapha vata shamana (fruit)
11. Indications : Amavata, Urusthambha, Kasa, Indralupta, Kandu, Kustha, Krimi, Shosha.
12. Dose :Seed powder (60-180mg) (Purified)
13. Formulations :Neelibhrungadi Tailam, Gunja Taila, Sarivadi vati

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