TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS
Source: Wikipedia
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OTHER NAMESTamil: Cherunerinche ; Nerinji
English: Small Caltrops Telugu: Pallerumullu ; Nirunji Malayalam: Nerungil ; Nerinnil Kannada: Negil-mullu Marathi: Chota-gokhru Hindi: Chota-gokhru Sanskrit: Ikshugandha ; Gokshura |
description & usage
This trailing plant is common in sandy soil throughout India and Ceylon, Plentiful in the United Provinces and in Madras. The carpels or cocci of the fruit resemble a cloven hoof of the cow. This variety is known as mitha (sweet) gokhru as distinguished from kudva or motogokhru (Pedalium murex).
Uses:
Plant and dried spiny fruits are used in decoction or infusion in cases of spermatorrhoea, phosphaturia, diseases of the gentio-urinary system such as dysuria, gonorrhoea, incontinence of urine, gout, and impotence ; also in uterine disorders after parturition and to ensure fecundity ; and used in Northern India in cough, diseases of the heart and suppression of urine.
How to Use:
Following are a few simple Home Rememdies - 1. Take of Gokhru 10, Hygrophila spinosa 5, Glycyrrhiza glabra 6, Withania somnifera 6, Hyoscyamus albus 5, Curculigo orchioides 6, Mace 4, Eulophia campestris 6 parts. Mix and make a powder. Dose is 10 to 15 grains; used in seminal debility. 2. Take of Gokhru and Impure carbonate of potash 5 parts, each. Make a decoction in the usual way. Dose is 1 drachm; used in painful micturition. 3. Take of Gokhru 10, Carbonate of iron and lime 6, Cinnamomum cassia 5, Cardamoms 6 and sugar 10 parts. Mix and make a powder. Dose is 10 to 15 grains; used in jaundice.
Parts Used:
Whole plant
Taste:
Saltishness, sweetness
Action:
Refrigerant, diuretic, demulcent, tonic, aphrodisiac
Uses:
Plant and dried spiny fruits are used in decoction or infusion in cases of spermatorrhoea, phosphaturia, diseases of the gentio-urinary system such as dysuria, gonorrhoea, incontinence of urine, gout, and impotence ; also in uterine disorders after parturition and to ensure fecundity ; and used in Northern India in cough, diseases of the heart and suppression of urine.
How to Use:
Following are a few simple Home Rememdies - 1. Take of Gokhru 10, Hygrophila spinosa 5, Glycyrrhiza glabra 6, Withania somnifera 6, Hyoscyamus albus 5, Curculigo orchioides 6, Mace 4, Eulophia campestris 6 parts. Mix and make a powder. Dose is 10 to 15 grains; used in seminal debility. 2. Take of Gokhru and Impure carbonate of potash 5 parts, each. Make a decoction in the usual way. Dose is 1 drachm; used in painful micturition. 3. Take of Gokhru 10, Carbonate of iron and lime 6, Cinnamomum cassia 5, Cardamoms 6 and sugar 10 parts. Mix and make a powder. Dose is 10 to 15 grains; used in jaundice.
Parts Used:
Whole plant
Taste:
Saltishness, sweetness
Action:
Refrigerant, diuretic, demulcent, tonic, aphrodisiac
