Aloe barbadensis Mill - Kanyasaara

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Kanyasaara consists of dried juice of leaves of Aloe barbadensis Mill. Syn. Aloe vera Tourn.ex Linn, Aloe indica Royle. (Fam. Liliaceae), shrub planted in many Indian gardens and found growing throughout India.[1]

Common names[edit | edit source]

Language Common name
Kannada Karibola, Lolesara satva, Lovalsara, Lolesara
Hindi Musabhar, Elva
Malayalam Chenninayakam
Tamil Kattazhi, Satthukkathazhai
Telugu Musambaram
Marathi Korphad
Gujarathi Eliyo, Eariyo
Punjabi Kalasohaga, Mussabar, Alua
Kashmiri Musabbar, Siber
Sanskrit Kumaarirasasanbava, Sahasaara
English Indian Aloe


Chemical Composition[edit | edit source]

Anthraquinone, glycoside

Properties[edit | edit source]

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya[edit | edit source]

Rasa[edit | edit source]

Katu (Pungent)

Guna[edit | edit source]

Ushna (heat)

Veerya[edit | edit source]

Ushna (heat)

Vipaka[edit | edit source]

Katu (Pungent)

Karma[edit | edit source]

Bhedhi, pittaniraharana, Rajahpravartaka, Jvaranut

Prabhava[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 81.

External Links[edit | edit source]

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA