Arkadi Kashayam

Arka is a Sanskrit word of Blue madar-Calotropis Procera and it is the main ingredient of Arkadi Kashaya, Arkadi Thailam etc.
It is an Ayurvedic medicine used in the treatment of backache, stiffness, spondylosis, cough, cold, asthma, bronchitis etc. It Balances Vata disorders.

Medicinal plants and other ingredient used in the preparation of Arkadi Kashayam

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Arka – Blue madar-Calotropis Procera

Ananta – Hemidesmus Indicus

Kiratatikta – Swertia Chirata

Devadaru – Himalayan cedar (bark) – Daru -Cedrus deodara

Rasna – Pluchea lanceolata / Vanda roxburghi

Nirgundi – Vitex negundo– Five-leaved chaste tree

Vacha – Acorus calamus

Agnimantha – Premna corymbosa 

Shigru – Moringa Oleifera

Pippali – Long pepper fruit – Piper longum

Pippalimula – Long pepper root – Piper longum

Chavya – Java Long Pepper – Piper Chaba

Chitraka – Lead Wort (root) – Plumbago zeylanica 

Shunti – Ginger Rhizome – Zingiber Officinalis

Ativisha – Aconitum Heterophillum 

Markava – Eclipta alba