Murva (Bow-String Hemp)
Mūrvā मूर्वा
Marsdenia tenacissima · Apocynaceae
creeper root ushna wild-vulnerable
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- tikta · kashaya · madhura— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- laghu · ruksha— qualities
- Virya
- ushna— potency (heating)
- Vipaka
- madhura— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
·neutral
P
Pitta
↓pacifies
K
Kapha
↓pacifies
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
tridoshicdigestiveanti-Kushtha
Bow-string hemp. Component of Aragvadhadi gana.