Mushtak
MUSHTAK ‣ Latin Name:- Cyperus rotundus ‣ Family Name:-Cyperaceae ‣ Sanskrit Name:- Mushtak, mushta, varid, sugandhi, gaangeya, megha, himaa. ‣ Nepali Name:- PAP ‣ English Name:- Nut grass. CLASSIFICATION Kingdom: Plantae Division: Phanerogams Subdivision: Angiosperms Class: Monocotyledonae Order: Glumiflorae Family: Cyperaceae Subfamily: Scirpoideae Genus: Cyperus Species: Cyperus rotundus RASA PANCHAK Guna: laghu, ruksha Rasa:- tikta, katu, kasaya Vipak:- katu Virya:- sitta KARMA (ACTION) Effect on Doshas :- Kaph-pitt samak. Systemic: External: Twak doshhar, sothhar, lekhan, stanyajan. Internal; Medhya, nadibal-pradayak. Dipan, pachan, grahi, trishna-nigrahan. Rakt-prasadan. kaphaghna Mutral. Garvasya-sankochak,stanyajanan, stanyasodhan. A Skin: Twak doshhar. Jwarghna Balya, bishghna USES ‣ Its external application is useful in kandu, twakvikar, stanyakshya. ‣ Its internal application is g...