Karkatashrungi

Latin Name

Pistacia integerrima

English Name

Sanskrit Name

KakdaSingi
(कर्कटश्रृंगी)

Part Used

Insect Galls
(श्रृंगाकार कोष)

Effect on Dosha

Pacifies Kapha and Vata

Properties and Uses

It has expectorant and mucolytic action. It helps expelling accumulated mucus from bronchi and prohibits the formation of new mucus. It relieves flatulence and due to astringent action is useful in the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery. It is effective in the treatment of white discharge. It is applied externally on bleeding, oozing wounds and ulcers. Decoction is used for gargling in bleeding gums. It is commonly used for the ailments associated with teeth eruption in children.

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