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Parijatak Pilu Herb

• Large, much-branched evergreen shrub or a small
  tree. Stem

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Content

• Basic about Pilu Herb
• Common Name
• Habitat
• Classification
• General Information
• Properties
• Uses and Befenefit
• References

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Basic about Pilu Herb
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• Botanical Name SalvadoraPersica.
• The Pilu tree belongs to the Salvadoraceae family.
  
• The botanic systematic name of the tree is
  Salvadora persica.
• Chewing sticks of the Pilu tree were used by the
  Babylonians approximately 7000 years ago they
  were later used throughout the Greek and Roman
  empires, and by ancient Egyptians and Muslims.
• These chewing sticks are most commonly used in
  the Middle East and South America, though are
  also used in parts of Africa and Asia.

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Common Name

• Hindi name- Jhaka, Meswak
• English name- Tooth brush tree, Mustard tree,
  Salt brush tree
• Arabic name- Arak
• Bengali name- Jhal
• Gujarathi name- Khari Jhal
• Kannada name- Gonimara
• Marathi name- Peelu, Khakana
• Punjabi name- Peelu
• Telugu name- Varagogu
• Tamil name- Perungoli

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Habitat

• The Pilu tree is widely distributed in the drier
  parts of India, Baluchistan, and Ceylon and in
  the dry regions of West Asia and Egypt.
• In India, the tree is found abundantly in the
  states of Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.
  
• It can be also found in Raigad district of
  Maharashtra in abundance in marshy areas.
• In India it grows wild in arid or sandy areas of
  Punjab and north India and thrives in saline
  soils, but with a stunted growth

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Classification

• According To Modern

• According To Ayurveda

• Kingdom Plantae
• Order Gentianales
• Family  Salvadoraceae

• Charak-    1. VirecanopagaVarga
• 2. JwaraharaVarga
• Sushruta-  Not included in Gana
• Bhavprakash- AmradiPhalaVarga

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General Information

• Habit Large, much-branched evergreen shrub or a
  small tree.
• Stem Bark of the old stems are rugose, branches
  are numerous, drooping, finely striate. Wood is
  whitish yellow in colour.
• Leaves Fleshy, Glaucocus, 4 to 6 cm long, 2 to
  3 cm wide, elliptic lanceolate, obtuse, apex. Has
  5 to 6 pairs main nerves. Petiole is 1 to 2 cm
  long.
• Inflorescence Axillarry or terminal panicle.
  Flower- Greenish Yellow.
• Fruits Drupe, 3 mm in diameter, globose, smooth
  and becomes red on ripening.

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Properties

• Rasa- Tikta, Madhura
• Vipak- Katu
• Virya- Ushna
• Guna- Laghu, Snigdha, Tikshna

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Uses and Befenefit

• Being anulomana ripe fruit and the seed are used
  as virechana in udara, gluma and arsha. Leaves
  being stambhana and raktapittaprashamana are used
  in raktapitta.
• Juice of the leaves or their quatha is indicated
  in mootrakrichchhra and as ashmarighna.
• Fruits of Pilu (Salvadorapersica) is taken with
  buttermilk for a fortnight or a week is useful in
  Arsas (Piles).
• The fruits and the decoction of the root are
  given to treat dysmenorrhea and difficulty in
  micturition.

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References

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