KANCHNAR - USES IN GYNAECOLOGY

Every Indian is known about the Dassehara festival & we celebrate it with offering leaves of this tree known as Aapta in Marathi , kachnar in Hindi , Kanchnar in Sanskrit & orchid tree in English.

Latin Name - Bauhinia variegata

Family - Leguminoseae                                             

Properties -

Rasa - Kashaya 

Virya - Sheeta

Vipaka - Katu

Guna - Laghu , Ruksha

Prabhav -Gandamalanashan

Chemical Constituents -

Tanin , Glucose                                          

USES -

👉 Vranashodhan 

👉 Vranaropaka

👉 works as Raktastambhak due to kashaya rasa so used in Raktapradara (abnormal uterine bleeding).

👉 Kanchanar kwatha is used in Mutra-ashmari ( renal stones) & Mutrasharkara.

Note - this post is for educational purposes only.

ref - Ayurvedic textbooks