Botanical Index No. 51

Arjuna

terminalia arjuna (roxb. ex dc.) wight & arn.

Medicinal Actions

High Triglyceride

Primary Conditions Treated

Anemia Angina Aphtha Arrhythmia Asthma Biliousness Bleeding Blister Blood Clot Bronchosis Bruise Callus Cancer Cardiopathy Chancre Childbirth Cholera Cirrhosis CVI Cramp Diabetes Dropsy Dysentery Dysuria Endocardosis Fatigue Fever Fracture Gleet Headache Hepatosis High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol Hyperhydrosis Hypertonia Insomnia Ischemia Leprosy Leukoderma Leukorrhea Liver Low Blood Pressure Nervousness Otosis Pain Pericardosis Snakebite Sore Sting Stomatosis Stone Strangury Tuberculosis Urethrosis Water Retention Wound

General Dosage

1–3 g bark; 3.88 g powdered bark; 1 g dry bark/day or 2–6 ml extract; 14–28 ml decoction.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages”. One case of acute myocardial infarction tentatively associated with use of arjuna.

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