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Ayurveda and Science
Ashoka/अशोक/Saraca Indica/Ashok/Sorrowless tree
AYURVEDIC & MEDICINAL PLANTS
Flowers are usually to be seen throughout the year, but it is in January and February that the profusion of orange and scarlet clusters turns the tree into an object of startling beauty. Pinned closely on to every branch and twig, these clusters consist of numerous, small, long-tubed flowers, which open out into four oval lobes. Young leaves are soft, red and limp and remain pendent even after attaining full size. The straight or scimitar shaped pods, stiff, leathery, broad and about eight inches long, is red and fleshy before ripening
Saraca Indica Medicinal Uses
Ashoka has been traditionally used in Indian Ayurveda as a uterine tonic and has been indicated in menstrual irregularities ESP in DUB. Ashoka happens to be a uterine stimulant and increases uterine contractions. It also stimulates the ovarian tissue.
Chemical Composition
The bark of Saraca indica is rich in Hematoxylin, tannins, Ketosterols, catechins, glycosides, Saponins etc.
Pacifies Kapha and Pitta.
Read more about various ailments, it's causes, symptoms, ayurvedic treatments, etc.
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A slightly woody shrub with bluntly quadrangular stems and branches found forests in all parts of India upto an altitude of 1500m. Root, stem and leaves are used medicinally.
The tree grows from 50 to 80 feet high, has a furrowed trunk, oblong stalked leaves up to 6 inches long and 4 inches wide, dispersed in four to six whorls round the stem, their upper side glossy, under side white, nerves running at right angles to the mid
A small tree or shrub with alternate serrate leaves in the arid and rocky zones in certain parts of south-west and north-western India. Gum resin from the stem is tapped which is used in the preparation of various Ayurvedic preparations.
A moderate sized tree with dark yellow inflorescence commonly growing throughout Sub-Himalayan belt and northeastern states of the country. Ayurveda uses wood and bark of the tree for various formulations.
A deciduous perennial that grows to 1.0 meters (3.3 feet) high by 0.5 meters (1.65 feet) wide and prefers many types of soil with a pH ranging from acid to alkaline and partial to full sun with moderate moisture. This plant has hermaphrodite flowers and i