Gokshura

Botanical Name

Tribulus Terrestris

Family

Zygophyllaceae

Sanskrit

Gokshura

English

Cow Hage

Hindi

Gokharu

Kannada

Annegallugide

Malayalam

Njerinjil

Telugu

Palleru

Tamil

Neringil

Marathi

Mothe-Gokhru

Distribution

Gokshura is distributed widely in india and southern parts of india

Parts Used

Fruits, Roots, Leaves

Dose

Kashaya: 50-100ml , Churna: 3-6gm

Chemical Constituents

Campesterol, b-sitisterol and stigmasterol, fruit extracts contain chlorogenin, diosgenin, rutin, rhamnose

Ayurvedic Properties

Quality (Guna)

Guru, Snigdha

Taste (Rasa)

Madhura

Metabolism (Vipaka)

Madhura

Potency (Virya)

Sita

Impact (Prabhava)

Mutra Virechaneeya

Pharmacological Action

  • Diuretic properties helps in urinary tract disorders
  • Antibacterial and antifungal properties of gokshura helps in different kind of infections
  • Spasmogenic analgesic: helps in abdominal cramps
  • Muscle relaxant, cardiotonic, vaso depressant properties of gokshura helps in heart ailments and in circulatory

Problems

  • Aphrodisiac properties of gokshura helps in treating sexual dysfunction issues like premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction

Therapeutic Uses

  • Decoction of gokshura is to be taken to cure urinary tract disorders like burning micturation, calculi etc
  • If taken regularly it is a good aphrodisiac which also helps in increasing the sperm countan libido
  • Podwer of gokshura taken early in the morning regularizes hypertension

Some of the common formulations

  • Gokshuradi guggulu
  • Dashamularishta
  • Dashamula katutrayi qwatha churna
  • Agstya haritaki rasayana
  • Gokshuradi qwatha
  • Gokshuraka rasyana
  • Gokshuradyavalehya