KOSHATAKI

1. Botanical name : Luffa acutangula
2. Family : Cucurbitaceae
3. Tamil : Peerkankai
4. Hindi : Laffa
5. Malayalam : Peerkankai
6. English : Ridged Gourd
7. Habit : .Climbing plant with a five-angled stem and tendrils. The fruits are edible, club-shaped, and distinctively feature 10 prominent longitudinal ridges, maturing into a dry, fibrous, sponge-like structure 
8. Distribution : Native to India
9. Useful part : Fruit, Leaves, Seeds.
10. Rasa Panchaka
    1. Rasa : Tikta
    1. Guna : Laghu,Ruksha
    1. Veerya : Ushna
    1. Vipaka : Katu
    1. Karma : Kaphapitta hara, Deepana, Bhedana, Hrdya.
11. Indications : Kushtha, Kandu, Kamala, Aruchi.
12. Dose : Powder (3-6gm),

           Juice (10-20ml),

              Decoction (50-100ml) Formulations :Patolamooladi Kwath, Mahamanjishthadi Kwath