Volume : X, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION OF SHIGRU (Moringa oleifera lam.) : A MIRACLE TREE

Dr. Mrigank Shekhar

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Various traditional medicinal plants have been used to cure various diseases in health care system, shigru is one of them. It is commonly called as Drum–stick plant. Shigru is one among those few plants where its various parts have been utilized through out history as food and medicine, hence it is also called "miracle tree". It is fast growing perennial, medium sized deciduous tree. Shigru having various bioactive compounds like moringin and pterigospermin due to which it shows antibiotic, antiseptic, cardiotonic, antihelmenthic and antihistaminic properties. Shigru is well described in Charak Samhita, Sushrut Samhita, Ashtang Hridaya, Chikitsa granthas and Nighantus. Its having laghu, ruksha, teekshna guna, katu, tikta rasa, ushna virya and katu vipaka, due to which it shows kaphavatashamaka property. It is traditionally used in the treatment of various ailment i.e. krimi, kushtha, kandu, vatavyadhi, ashmari, shopha etc.

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PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION OF SHIGRU (MORINGA OLEIFERA LAM.) : A MIRACLE TREE, Dr. Mrigank Shekhar INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-8 | August-2020

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