Volume : IV, Issue : II, February - 2015

BHARANGI–A REVIEW ON ITSTHERAPEUTIC EFFECTS.

Dr. Ritesh Kumar Lahoti, Dr. V. G. Huddar

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Respiratory conditions are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in elderly people worldwide. Most important are Bronchial Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis which are correlated with Tamaka Shwasa and kaphaja kasa respectively according to Ayurveda.Ayurvedic concept is of the opinion that Tamaka shwasa is a yapya vyadhi.Bharangi is one of the drugs of Ayurvedic meteria medica which is mainly indicated in respiratory disorders. It is botanically identified as Clerodendrum serratum Linn which belongs to family Verbenaceae. It has reported that root possess significant anti-inflammatory as well as anti-allergic activity, and can be useful in Asthma.Some of the chief constituents found in the plant are D-mannitol, hispidulin, cleroflavone, apigenin, scutellarein, serratagenic acid, actseoside, verbascoside, oleanolic acid, clerodermic acid, γ-sitosterol, β-sitosterol, cholestanol, clerosterol, campesterol and 24-ethyl cholesterol.

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DR. RITESH KUMAR LAHOTI,DR. V.G.HUDDAR BHARANGI - A REVIEW ON ITSTHERAPEUTIC EFFECTS. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 2 February 2015

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