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Meshashringi / Gudmar

मेषशृङ्गी · Meṣaśṛṅgī · Gymnema sylvestre (Asclepiadaceae)

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⚠ Cautions — read first
  • supervision On diabetes medication — use only with medical supervision and blood-sugar monitoring to avoid hypoglycaemia.
Rasa tikta, kashayaGuna laghu, rukshaVirya ushnaVipaka katu
Vata ↑ if in excessPitta ↓ pacifiesKapha ↓ pacifies
Traditional actions
  • Classically named madhunāśinī and traditionally used as a supportive dravya in prameha (the classical group broadly overlapping diabetes).
View sources — 2 classical & official references
  • Classical text Bhāvaprakāśa (incl. Nighaṇṭu)
  • Government / official The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol. I