Botanical name : Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br.

Family : Asclepiadaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Ajasringi, Meshasringi, Madhunasini.

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Tikta, Katu

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha,

Virya : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Periploca of the woods

Hindi : Gud-mar, Merasingi

Malayalam : Chakkarakkolli

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A large, woody climber. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic, pointed at the end; flowers small, yellow in umbellate cymes, axillary; fruits slender, brownish follicles.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated vata, hepato-splenomegaly, renal and vesical calculi, constipation, asthma and leukoderma.

Useful part : Whole plant