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Pistacia Integerrima (Kakar singhi, Zebrawood)

Pistacia Integerrima (Kakar singhi, Zebrawood)

Biological Name:

Pistacia integerrima

 

Family:

Anacardiaceae

 

Other Names:

Karkatashringi, kakar singhi, kakra, kakring. chakrangi, chandraspada, Kaakraasingi, Kankda Shringi, Kakada shing, Kakada singi, kakran, Kamaladina, karkkatasrmgi, Kakadshingi, Kakadashrungi, Kakarsingi, mastagi desi.

 

Habitat:

Karkatashringi (Pistacia integerrima) tree is indigenous to India and is found in the outer ranges of the North-Western Himalayas at an altitude of 500 to 2500 meter.

 

Additional Info:

  • Rasa (taste on the tongue): Kasaya (Astringent), Tikta (Bitter)
  • Guna (Pharmacological Action): Guru
  • Virya: Ushna (Heating), Vipaka (transformed state after digestion): Madhura (Sweet), Amla (Sour), Katu (Pungent)
  • Action: Kasahara, Kaphavatahara (balances kapha and vata), Urdhvavatajit, Hikkanigrahana

 

Elements Applied:

Leaf, bark, root and galls

 

Active Components:

Tetracyclic triterpenes, pistacigerrimones A, B and C

 

Used for:

  • It is useful in Cough, Fever, Vomitting, Diarrhoea, Dysentry.
  • It is astringent, expectorant, anti-asthmatic, anti-dysenteric, and styptic.
  • Used in the treatment of cough, asthma, bronchitis, phthisis, catarrhal fever, enlarged glands.
  • Used externally on obstinate skin diseases, bleeding gums, epistaxis, leucorrhea, and other mucous discharges.
  • It is spermatogenic and given for improving vigor and vitality.
  • It improves appetite.

 

Safety:

3–6 grams, (3-6 masha)



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