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Arjuna
Modern medical sciences have progressed a lot in its fight against
aliments concerning heart. Day by day, the numbers of heart patients
are increasing. A number of medications starting from Aspirin to sophisticated open heart surgeries
are now a days common in developed countries. In spite of the ultramodern technologies and the awareness
programs, heart diseases like Angina pectoris and Myocardial Infraction
are till today creating alarming situations in the society.
If we consider the traditional herbal system of medicine in India- Ayurveda , we will come to know that Ancient medical scientists have mentioned the remarkable cardioprotective, heart muscle strengthening properties of Arjuna herb.
Family : Combretaceae
Botany: Tree up to 25 meter hight; bark grey, smooth; leaves sub-opposite, 5–14 × 2–4.5 cm., oblong or elliptic oblong, glabrous, often inequilateral, margin often crenulate, apex obtuse or sub-acute, base rounded or sometimes cordate; petioles 0.5–1.2cm; glands usually two. Flowers small, white. Fruit 2.3–3.5 cm long, fibrous woody, glabrous with 5 hard wings, striated with numerous curved veins. Flowering time April–July in Indian conditions. Seeds hard germination 50–76 days (50–60%)
Habitat: Terminalia Arjuna is a deciduous tree (about 60-70 feet height), is abundantly found in India and Ceylon, also in Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
Energetics:
Rasa (taste) - Astringent, bitter
Virya (action)- Cooling
Vipaka (post-digestive effect)- Pungent
Guna (quality) - Light, dry
Dosha effect - Tridoshic, KP-
Dhatu (tissue)- Plasma, blood, bone, reproductive
Srota (channel) - Circulatory, reproductive
Forms used: Stem Bark, Powder, Extract
Photochemistry: Tannins, Triterpenoid saponins (arjunic acid, arjunolic acid, arjungenin, arjunglycosides), Flavonoids (arjunone, arjunolone, luteolin), Gallic acid, ellagic acid, Oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs), Phytosterols (b-sitosterol), calcium, magnesium, zinc, and copper.
Chief actions:
Arjuna can help lower Cholesterol as much as 64% - people taking Arjuna preparation saw their LDL levels plummet by an average of 25.6%. In animal studies with extremely high blood fats, LDL levels dropped from 493 to 162 ,after 60 days. That's a whopping 64 percent drop. Plus, HDL cholesterol (the good stuff) actually increased.
Arjuna reduces angina episodes much better than nitroglycerin - In one study, angina episodes were cut in half by the Arjuna, with none of the nasty side effects. Plus, it can be used as long as you like, without fear it'll stop working.
Arjuna has been shown to help reverse hardening of the arteries
Ayurvedic Formulations: Arujanarishta, Arjunghruta, Arjunakhsirpak etc
Special easy formulation of Arjuna: - A special but easy formulation that is in wide practice owing to its efficacy is the Arjunakshirapaka. The process is easy, affordable but found to be greatly effective. It simply includes the bark of Arjuna (may be of powder form), four times the milk, and 16 times the water. The process involves the usual decoction process to boil the mixture till the amount of milk only remains. A person can make a daily use of it twice a day as a home made medicine for a better, risk free heart.
Terminalia Arjuna Research Update: -
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