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| Latin Names |
English Name |
Sanskrit Names |
Hindi Name |
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde /
Saraca indica auct. non linn.
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Ashoka |
Ashoka,
Gandhapushpa |
Ashok |
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| Habitat |
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It occurs
almost throughout India up to an altitude of 750 m, in the central
and the eastern Himalayas and in the Khasi, Garo and Lushai hills.
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| Morphology
Description (Habit) |
A small
evergreen tree. The leaves are paripinnate and the leaflets 6-12,
oblong and rigidly sub-coriaceous. The flowers are orange or orange-yellow,
eventually turning vermillion, very fragrant, in dense axillary corymbs;
the pods, flat, leathery, the seeds, 4-8, ellipsoid-oblong and compressed.
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| Principal
Constituents |
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A steroidal component
and calcium salt.
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| Indications |
The bark, which is
the drug, is reported to have a stimulating effect on the endometrium
and ovarian tissue and is useful in menorrhagia due to uterine fibroids,
in leucorrhea and in internal bleeding. It is useful in all cases
of uterine bleeding where ergot is indicated.
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| Product
Range |
Evecare (MenstriCare),
Menosan.
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