tuvaraka :

General Use:

Styptic, wound healer, Musculoskeletal disorder,abcess, boils, snake bite, sudation therapy, herpes, impure breast milk, fumigation in wounds, wounded patient ward, epilepsy.

Therapeutic Uses:

Anaha (Distension of abdomen due to obstruction to passage of urine and stools}

Arśa (Piles),

Gridhrasi (Sciatica),

Gandamala (Cervical lymphadenitis),

Gulma (Abdominal lump),

Jvara (Fever), Kandu (Itching),

Kaphavataja roga (Disorders due to Kapha & Vata dosa) ,

Krimi (Helminthiasis),

Kustha (Leprosy / diseases of skin),

S¹otha (Oedema),

Prameha (Metabolic disorder),

Raktavikara (Disorders of blood),

Tvak roga (Skin diseases),

Udara , (Urticaria),

Udavarta (A condition like partial intestinal obstraction),

Vrana (Ulcer)

Pharmacological:

1. Tuvaraka taila (Tuvaraka oil) 2. Eladi tailam – used in hair treatment for skin disease like allergic dermatitis ring worm infection, urticaria 3. Jatamayadi choornam – helps to relieve burning sensation, pain and edema when applied externally. 4. Nisosiradi Thailam – Heels wound quickly.

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tuvaraka - Hydnocarpus laurifolia Sleumer, Wightiana Blume. - Flacourtiaceae

tuvaraka :

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