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Specimen profile
Kurchi Bark
Holarrhena antidysenterica · Apocynaceae
Skt · Kutaja — “Born in the mountains”Hindi · KudaMal · KutakappalaTam · Kudasa-pala
The definitive Ayurvedic tree for treating amoebic dysentery and intestinal infections.
Kutaja is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree found in the Himalayan foothills. Its bark and seeds (Indrayava) are bitter and highly effective against intestinal pathogens.
Identification markers
Bark is pale brown and peels in long flakes; flowers are white and grow in terminal corymbs; seeds are contained in long twin pods.
Rasa
Tikta, Kashaya
Guna
Laghu, Ruksha
Virya
Sheeta
Vipaka
Katu
Prabhava
Arshoghna (Destroys hemorrhoids)
Dosha effect
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