KUPILU

1. Family :Loganiaceae
2. Tamil : Yetti maram
3. Hindi : KuchlaKajra
4. Malayalam : Kajjila
5. English : Strychnine tree
6. Habit : A medium-sized tree with a potential height of 20 metres. Its trunk is short and thick. The wood is dense, hard, white, and close-grained. The branches are irregular and are covered with a smooth ashen bark
7. Distribution :India, Sri Lanka, Burma.
8. Useful part : Seed kernel (purified), Bark
9. Rasa Panchaka
   • Rasa : Tikta, Katu
   • Guna : Laghu, Ruksha, Tikshna
   • Veerya : Ushna
   • Vipaka : Katu
   • Karma : Vata kapha shamaka, Vataprakopaka/Akshepajanana (Impurified form)
10. Indications : Vatavyadhi, Agnimandya, Grahani, Vishuchika, Arshas, Krmiroga
11. Dose : 60-250 mg (seed kernel)
12. Formulations :Agnitundi vati, Vishatinduka vati, Vishamushti vati, Navajivana rasa.

LEAF

FRUIT AND SEED