ARKA (Leaf)

Arka consists of dried leaves of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. (Fam.-Asclepiadaceae), found wild more or less throughout India.

SYNONYMS

• Sanskrit : Bhanu, Ravi, Tapana
• Assamese : Akan, Akand
• Bengali : Akanda, Akone
• English : Madar Tree
• Gujrati : Aakado
• Hindi : Aak, Akavana, Madar
• Kannada : Ekka, Ekkadagida, Ekkegida
• Kashmiri : Acka
• Malayalam : Erikku
• Marathi : Rui
• Oriya : Arakha
• Punjabi : Ak
• Tamil : Erukku, Vellerukku
• Telugu : Jilledu
• Urdu : Aak, Madar

PROPERTIES AND ACTION

• Rasa : Katu, Tikta
• Guna : Laghu, Sara, Snigdha
• Virya : Ushna
• Vipaka : Katu
• Karma : Bhedana, Deepana, Krimighna, Vishaghna, Vranahara, Vatahrit, Sopha,Shvashara

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - Arkalavana

THERAPEUTIC USES - Shvasa, Gulma, Krimiroga, Kandu¸ Kushtha, Vrana, shotha,

shleshmodara Roga, Pleeha roga, Arsha

DOSE - 250-750 mg of the drug in powder form.

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