A critical review on Upavisha- Jayapala (Croton tiglium)
Journal Title: Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine - Year 2019, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The word Upavisha means nearer to visha i.e. drugs which possess the same qualities of visha, but not that much potent. Jayapala (Croton tiglium) is one among the upa vishas and a well-known plant in Indian System of Medicine as certain number of formulations include this drug as an ingredient after proper purification. Also it is one of the known purgative drug in Ayurveda with huge theraputic values. This review article includes overall information about the plant jayapala, its botanical description, Toxicological aspect, treatment medicolegal aspects in both Ayurveda and Modern toxicology, its shodhana (purification) processes.
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Neethu. P, Vijitha Vijayan, Athulya C. M, Arathi Rajesh
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