Cardioprotective Agents
Cardioprotective Agents is a reference entry in the Nighantu. 82 herbs and compounds with cardioprotective activity across traditions Aja Dugdha Goat Milk Alabu — Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Amalaki Rasayana Arjuna Twak Arjunarishta Asana — Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.
82 herbs and compounds with cardioprotective activity across traditions
Ayurveda (37)
- Aja Dugdha Goat Milk
- Alabu — Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
- Amalaki Rasayana
- Arjuna Twak
- Arjunarishta
- Asana — Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.
- Atasi — Linum usitatissimum L.
- Bakula — Mimusops elengi L.
- Bijapura — Citrus medica L.
- Dadima Twak — Punica granatum L. (fruit rind/pericarp)
- Dhanyaka — Coriandrum sativum L.
- Gambhari — Gmelina arborea Roxb.
- Gambhari Phala — Gmelina arborea Roxb.
- Gomeda Bhasma
- Gorochana
- Kachura — Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe
- Karkatashringi — Pistacia integerrima J.L. Stewart ex Brandis
- Kasturi
- Kulattha — Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. (syn. Dolichos biflorus L.)
- Kusumbha
- Lasuna — Allium sativum L.
- Madhuka — Madhuca longifolia (J.Koenig ex L.) J.F.Macbr.
- Matulunga — Citrus medica L.
- Mishreya — Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
- Mrigashringa Bhasma
- Nagabala — Grewia hirsuta Vahl / Sida veronicifolia Lam. (syn. Sida veronicaefolia)
- Narikela — Cocos nucifera L.
- Prishniparni — Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC.
- Pushkarmool — Inula racemosa Hook. f.
- Rasona Garlic — Allium sativum L.
- Rudraksha
- Shalparni — Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.
- Shatavari Ksheera — Asparagus racemosus Willd.
- Tila — Sesamum indicum L.
- Vasant Kusumakar Rasa
- Vidarikand — Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC.
- Vrikshamla — Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy (also includes reference to Garcinia cambogia/gummi-gutta)
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