Let's know about ''MANGO" !!

 

As summer is here , the wait for mangos is over. Many of us always wait for summer for their favourite mango,The king of Fruits !

Mango has also another names like Aam in hindi , Aamba  in marathi, Amra in sanskrit & having latin name as Magnifera indica.

Family - Anacardiaceae 

Properties -

Rasa - Kashay

Virya - Sheeta

Vipaka - Katu

Guna - Laghu ,Ruksha

Chemical Constituents - 

Mangiferin , Mango butter

Its different parts has different medicinal properties -

1.Amra twak -

           it has vranaropak ( wound healing) property 

           it also acts as Garbhashaya shothaghna.

2. Beejmajja -

           it also works as Garbhshaya shothaghna.

3. Pakva phala ( ripen mangos)-

           it acts as Shonit sthapan

           it is also vrushya (Aphrodisiac)

note - this post is written considering its use in OBGY .

ref - ayurvedic textbooks.