Gymnema sylvestre

Description

Name: Gymnema sylvestre Filename: Gymnema_sylvestre.jpg Description: Botanical name : Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. Family : Asclepiadaceae SANSKRIT SYNONYMS Ajasringi, Meshasringi, Madhunasini. AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES Rasa : Tikta, Katu Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha, Virya : Ushna PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES English : Periploca of the woods Hindi : Gud-mar, Merasingi Malayalam : Chakkarakkolli PLANT DESCRIPTION A large, woody climber. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic, pointed at the end; flowers small, yellow in umbellate cymes, axillary; fruits slender, brownish follicles. MEDICINAL PROPERTIES Plant pacifies vitiated vata, hepato-splenomegaly, renal and vesical calculi, constipation, asthma and leukoderma. Useful part : Whole plant