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kutki

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kutki (kōōt·kē),
n Latin name:
Picorrhiza kurroa; parts used: root, rhizome; uses: in Ayurveda, pacifies kapha and pitta doshas (bitter, light, dry), antioxidant, anticholestatic, laxative, antiinflammatory, hepatoprotective, antiasthmatic, liver conditions, jaundice, fever, dysentery, digestive conditions; precautions: laxative, gastric irritation in large doses. Also called
dhanwantary grastya, kutaki, katukarohini, or
yellow gentian.
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Medicines like Triphala-Guggulu, Medohar-Guggulu, Arogya-Vardhini, Amalaki (Emblica officinalis), Haritaki (Terminalia chebula), Behada (Terminalia bellerica), Vishwa (Zinziber officinalis), Marich (Piper nigrum), Pippali (Piper longum), Guggulu (Commiphora mukul), Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica), Psyllium (Plantago ovata), Lashuna (Allium sativum) and Kutki (Picrorrhiza kurroa) are used for this purpose.
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