Jeevanthi

Botanical Name

Leptadenia Reticulata

Family

Asclepiadaceae

Sanskrit

Ark Pushpi

English

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Hindi

Dodisak

Kannada

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Malayalam

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Telugu

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Tamil

Mukkutummadi, Paley Keeri

Marathi

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Distribution

Parts Used

Root

Dose

Choorna 3-6g

Chemical Constituents

Presence of tannin, sterols, alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, carbohydrates, and glycosides-like constituents. Presence of carbohydrate denotes jivanti having madhura rasa, may confirms classical reference.

Ayurvedic Properties

Quality (Guna)

Laghu, Snigdha

Taste (Rasa)

Madhura

Metabolism (Vipaka)

Madhura

Potency (Virya)

Sita

Impact (Prabhava)

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Pharmacological Action

  • Immuno modulatory- regulate immune functions.
  • Anti asthmatic-helps in breathing problems.
  • Vasodilator.
  • Galactogogue.

Therapeutic Uses

  • Wounds

Some of the common formulations

  • Jivantyadi ghrita
  • Jivantyadi leha