ARJUNA (Warrior of HEART)

Your body has many organs and the regular and rhythmic functioning of all these organs makes your body healthy.

You all will agree to this - "HEART is one of the crucial organ of our body. Any problem to it can lead us to a path of life threatening diseases". It's  main functions is to circulate the blood and to maintain the blood pressure. 

Can you imagine your body without heart? The answer is a big NO because if there is no heart in your body then you will no longer be alive.
So, your prime and foremost duty is to make your heart healthy to live a long and beautiful life. 

ARJUNA is a natural and herbal key that unlocks the health of your heart. It is a lymph tonic for the heart. Arjuna maintain the health and normal functioning of the heart and it also tones up the heart muscles, so that they can beat properly.

In the AYURVEDIC TEXTS, Aacharya Vagabhatta was the 1st to advocate the use of arjuna stem bark powder in heart ailments in his book Ashtang Hirdayam.

So,this article helps you in making your day and heart grateful.

In this article :- 

A) General information about ARJUN

B) Benefits

C) Rasa-panchaka (Properties)

D) Intake recipes

E) Doses

F) Indications

G) Contra-indications

H) Formulations

A) General information about ARJUNA 

Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna) a best drug for heart which belongs to Combretaceae family. It is a tree of height about 60-70 foot with red coloured bark from inside and shiny white from outside(due to the white colour of it's bark, it's another name is DHAWAL). Leaves are oval in shape and two nodes are present at the base of leaf on the dorsal side. Fruits of arjuna are star shaped and grow in bunches.

The therapeutic qualities are mainly present in its bark.

NADISURG an another name of arjuna, as it mainly grows near the bank of the rivers. 

It is native to India but also found in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and some other Asian Countries. 

Arjuna is placed under different ganas :-

Aacharya Charaka :- Jwarahar, Virechanopaga

Aacharya Shusrut :- Triphala, Mustaadi

B) Benefits

1) Beneficial for heart

2) Blood related problems

3) Helps in healing the wound faster

4) Reduces pain

5) Reduces high blood pressure

6) Lowers blood sugar level

7) Reduces total cholesterol level

8) Cough

9) Asthma

10) Bronchitis

11) Helps in teeth cleansing

12) Promotes normal blood flow

13) Used as a blood thinner

14) Helps in fractured condition

15) Anti-oxidant

16) Anti-bacterial

17) Anti-inflammatory

18) Anti-hypertensive

19) Toxicity

Helps us in the treatment of :-

1) Heart related problems (*BEST DRUG FOR        HEART)

2) Lungs related problems

3) Atisar (Diarrhoea)

4) Diabetes

5) Anaemia

6) Urinary tract infections

7) Liver related problems

8) Kidney related problems

9) Cirrhosis

10) Ulcers

11) Piles

C) Rasa-panchaka 

          • Rasa - Kashaya

          • Guna - Laghu, Ruksha

          • Vipaka - Katu

          • Veerya - Sheeta

          • Prabhava - Hridya

          • Doshakarma - Kapha-pitta shamak

D) Intake recipes 

• KWATH

1) Take some pieces of arjuna twak(bark) and wash them with water properly.

2) Chop the bark into small pieces.

3) Put them into a imam dusta( mortar pestle) and crush them.

4) Take the crushed barks with suitable amount of water in a pan.

5) Boil it on a low flame.

6) Reduce to 1/2 or 1/4th of total initial amount.          

7) Let it cool.

8) Seive out into a glass.

9) Arjuna twak kwath is ready.

With the help of similar process kwath of its leaves can also be prepared and it can be used to treat some diseases.

• CHURNA

1) Take some pieces of arjuna twak(bark) clean them properly.

2) Chop them into small pieces or directly add them into a grinder.

3) Grind them properly to get a powder.

4) Take a clean cotton cloth.

5) Seive the powder through a cotton cloth and collect it in a plate.

6) Arjuna twak churna is ready.

• SWARASA

1) Take some fresh leaves and wash them with water properly.

2) Put these clean leaves over silbatta              (grindstones) and add some drops of water and make a fine paste.

3) Take a clean cotton cloth.

4) Place the paste of arjuna leaves in the cotton cloth and squeeze them carefully.

5) Collect the squeezed liquid in a glass.

6) Arjuna Patra swarasa is ready.

E) Doses

   • Twak churna (bark powder) - 1-2 gm

   • Twak kwath(bark decoction) - 10-20 ml

F) Indications

KWATH - Diabetes, Leprosy, Obesity, Urinary tract infections.

CHURNA - Heart related problems

SWARASA - Piles, wounds

           

G) Contra-indications

1) Person allergic to arjuna

2) During surgery

3) Hypotension

4) Pregnancy

5) Breastfeeding women

H) Formulations

1) Arjuna churna

2) Arjunaristha

3) Arjuna ksheer paka

4) Arjuna ghrit

5) Ashwagandharistha

6) Prabhakar vati

 Start your day with some positive thoughts and a grateful heart.

                                                  - AYUR REALM