A Critical Review of Karveera& Its Toxicity
Journal Title: International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
The medicinal properties and clinical uses of thousands of plants have been described in Ayurvedic classics.One such plant mentioned in Ayurveda i.e., Karveer (Thevetia nerifolia). It is used by Ayurvedic physician in various diseases, especially in the skin disease. Karveer are potentially lethal plants after ingestion. All parts of the plants are toxic and contain a variety of cardiac glycosides including nerifolin thevatin A, thevatin B, oleandrin. Ingestion of Karaveer result in nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, dysarrythmia and hypocalcaemia in most cases. Most parts of the Karveer plant are poisonous its seeds are mainly used for suicidal poisoning. This article complies all the information related to Karveer such as introduction, historical review, fatal dose, fatal period, karma, indication, therapeutic action, mode of action, sign and symptoms of its toxicity, management, postmortem appearance, medico legal aspects.
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Arti Singh, Prafulla . , Prashant D Math
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