Tribulus terrestris: 2 definitions

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Tribulus terrestris means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Asian Agri-History: Paśu Āyurvēda (Veterinary Medicine) in Garuḍapurāṇa

Tribulus terrestris (one of the ten Daśamūla) is used in the treatment of elephants (Gajāyurveda or Hastyāyurveda), according the Garuḍapurāṇa.—The drugs, treatments enumerated in connection with diseases of horses may also be employed in the diseases of elephants. But the dosage is four times of that of a horse. In Garuḍapurāṇa a kaṣāya known as Rogasāmaka-kaṣāya mentioned for treating the diseases of elephants. It is made up of the following pacifying drugs:—[...] Daśamūla (roots of ten plants viz. Aegle marmelos, Oroxylum indicum, Premna integrifolia, Gmelina arborea, Stereospermum suaveolens, Solanum xanthocarpum, Solanum indicum, Uraria lagopodioides, Desmodium gangeticum, and Tribulus terrestris) [...].

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Tribulus terrestris L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Tribulus lanuginosus L., Tribulus maximus L. var. roseus Kuntze, Tribulus terrestris Muhl., Tribulus terrestris var. sericeus Andersson ex Svens., nom. illeg..

References regarding Tribulus terrestris L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1830)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)
· American Journal of Botany (1946)
· Kew Bulletin (1954)
· Journal of Palynology (1980)
· Nordic Journal of Botany (1981)
· La Kromosomo
· Lagascalia (1988)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Taiwania (1994)
· Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica (1995)
· Australian Journal of Botany (1996)
· Guihaia (1996)

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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.

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