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
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Sanskrit : Sriphala
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Assamese : Bael, Vael
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Bengali : Bela, Bilva
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English : Bengal Quince,
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Bael fruit
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Gujrati : Bill, Bilum, Bilvaphal
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Hindi : Bela, Sriphal, Bel
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Kannada : Bilva
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Kashmiri : Bel
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Malayalam : Koovalam
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Marathi : Bel, Baela
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Oriya : Bela
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Punjabi : Bil
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Tamil : Vilvam
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Telugu : Maredu
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Urdu : Bel
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PROPERTIES AND ACTION
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Rasa : Katu, Tikta, Kashaya
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Guna : Laghu, Ruksha
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Virya : Ushana
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Vipaka : Katu
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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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- PUBLISHED DATE : Nov 20, 2015
- PUBLISHED BY : Zahid
- CREATED / VALIDATED BY : Janardan Panday
- LAST UPDATED ON : Nov 20, 2015
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