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SARPAGANDHA
Botanical name: Rauvolfia/Rauwolfia serpentina
Family: Apocynaceae (oleander family)
Description of Herbs:
Sarpagandha is an erect, evergreen
shrub, merely 15 to 45 cm high. Its leaves are large, in whorls of
three - dark green above and pale green below. The flowers are
white, pinkish or red, occurring in whorls. Its fruit are tiny,
oval, fleshy which turn a shiny purple-black when ripe. It is the
roots of the plant that are mainly used for medicinal purposes.
Botany: An erect perennial shrub with a
long, irregularly, nodular, yellowish root stock.
Leaves:
In whorls of 3, thin, lanceolate, acute, bright green above and pale
beneath.
Flowers:
in irregular corymbose cymes, white, often tinged with violet.
Fruit:
Drupe, single or didymous, shining black, the inflorescenece with
red pedicels and calyx and white corolla.
Flowering
Time: March to May in Indian conditions.
Parts Used:
Roots.
Healing power:
Hypertension:
The Rauwolfia constituent ajmaline not only lowers blood
pressure, but also has a potent anti arrhythmic effect which used to treat high blood
pressure (hypertension).
Rauwolfia work by controlling nerve
impulses along with certain nerve pathways. As a result, they act on
the heart and blood vessels to lower blood pressure.
Nervous system:
It is used in insomnia and irritative conditions of the central
nervous system. It causes depletion of catecholamines at the central
and peripheral level and depletion of Serotonin at the central
level.
Digestive system:
Root is a valuable remedy for dysentery and painful
affections of bowel.
Reproductive system:
Decoction of root is applied to increase uterine contractions and
promote expulsion of fetus.
Eyes:
Juice of leaves is instilled in eyes as a remedy for the opacities
of cornea.
Ayurvedic
supplements that contains Sarpagandha :
Sarpagandha Tablets
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