Rishyagandha - Amukara

Botanical Name: Withania Coagulans
Family: Solanaceae

English: Indian Rennet
Sanskrit: Rishyagandha
Hindi: Paneer Dodi, Paneer Booti
Kannada: Amakiregadday
Malayalam: Amukiram
Tamil: Amukara, Amukkura
Telugu: Pennerugadda

Plant Distribution: 
This shrub is, common in , East India, Nepal and Afghanistan,. In India it occurs in Punjab, Rajasthan, Simla, Kumaun and Garhwal.

Therapeutic uses:
The fruits is sweet; applied to wounds; used in asthma, biliousness stranguary. Diuretic, useful in lessen the inflammation of piles. The ripe fruits are supposed to possess anodyne or sedative properties. They are alterative, diuretic and believed to be useful in chronic liver complaints. They are used as an emetic. The dried fruits, sold as Punir-ja-fota in Sind, are employed in dyspepsia and flatulent colic, and other intestinal affections. They are prescribed in infusion, either alone or conjoined with the leaves and twigs of Rhazya stricta, an excellent bitter tonic. In Bombay, the berries have a reputation as blood purifiers. In Nothern India traditional healers use dry fruits for the treatment of Diabetes mellitus. It has also antimicrobial, anthelmintic, antifungal, hepatoprotective, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, cardiovascular, free radical scavenging, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, immunosuppressive, depressant property.

Withania coagulans is used in chronic complaints of liver. They are also used in dyspepsia, flatulent colic and other intestinal infections. In some parts of Pak¬Indian sub-continent, the berries are used as a blood purifier. Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal is used to treat nervous exhaustion, debility, insomnia, wasting diseases, failure to thrive in children, impotence. Its fruits are used for liver complaints, asthma and biliousness Flowers of Coagulans (Stocks) Dunal are used in the treatment of diabetes.

Dosages:
Take 5 grm powder twice a day after food with warm milk or with Honey or as advised by the Naturopaths