BILVA

 Bilva consists of pulp of entire, unripe or half ripe fruits of Aegle marmelos Carr. (Fam. Rutaceae), a tree, attaining a height of 12 m growing wild and also cultivated throughout the country, rind of fruit is removed and pulp is bruised and dried.

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SYNONYMS

•  Sanskrit : Sriphala
• Assamese : Bael, Vael
• Bengali : Bela, Bilva
• English : Bengal Quince,
•  Bael fruit
• Gujrati : Bill, Bilum, Bilvaphal
• Hindi : Bela, Sriphal, Bel
• Kannada : Bilva
•  Kashmiri : Bel
• Malayalam : Koovalam
• Marathi : Bel, Baela
•  Oriya : Bela
•  Punjabi : Bil
• Tamil : Vilvam
• Telugu : Maredu
• Urdu : Bel

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PROPERTIES AND ACTION

• Rasa : Katu, Tikta, Kashaya
• Guna : Laghu, Ruksha
• Virya : Ushana
•  Vipaka : Katu
• Karma : Balya, Deepana, Grahi, Pachana, Pittakrit, Vatakaphahara

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IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Bilvadi Leha, Brihatgangadhara Churna

THERAPEUTIC USES - Pravahika, Agnimandya, Grahani roga

DOSE - 3-6 g of the drug in powder form.

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