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Botanical Name:
Oroxylum indicum
Syonaka consists of dried root of Oroxylum indicum Vent,
Family Bignoniaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Dirghavrnta, Prthsuimba, Katvanga
Assamese: Kering
Bengali: Sonagachh
English: Broken Bones Tree
Guajarati: Tentoo
Hindi: Sonapatha, Shyonak, Tentoo
Kannada: Tigudu
Malayalam: Palagripayanni
Marathi: Tentoo
Oriya: Pamponiya
Punjabi: Tatpaling, Talvarphali
Tamil: Peruvagai
Telugu: Dundilumu, Gumpena, Pampini
Urdu: Sonapatha
Botanical description:
Trees small, few branched. Leaves opposite, 2- or
3-pinnately compound; leaflets entire. Inflorescences
racemose, terminal, erect.
Parts used:
Dried roots
Major chemical constituent:
Flavonoids and Tannins
Therapeutic uses:
• Cough (Kasa)
• Tastelessness (Aruci)
• Diseases due to urinary system (Basti Roga)
• Rheumatism (Amavata)
• Diseses of abdomen (Udara Roga)
• Stifness in thigh muscles (Urustambha)
• Diseses due to vata dosa (Vatavyadhi)
• Diseses of ear (Karna Roga)
• Inflammation (Sotha) |
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