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Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Sarpaṅkho in the Gujurati language is another name for Śarapuṅkhā, a medicinal plant identified with Tephrosia purpurea Linn. (“common tephrosia”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.71-73 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Other than the Gujurati word Sarpaṅkho, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which six are in Sanskrit.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Sarpankho in India is the name of a plant defined with Tephrosia pumila in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cracca dichotoma (Desv.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Sarpankho is also identified with Tephrosia purpurea It has the synonym Cracca wallichii (Graham ex Fawcett & Rendle) Rydb. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (1853)
· Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club (1893)
· Cell Chromosome Res. (1994)
· The Flora of British India (1876)
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana (1968)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1920)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sarpankho, for example diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Runchhalisarpankho.

Full-text: Sharapunkha.

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