‘AROGYAPPACHA’ (TRICHOPUS ZEYLANICUS gaerin), THE ‘GINSENG’ OF KANI TRIBES OF AGASHYAR HILLS (KERALA) FOR EVER GREEN HEALH AND VITALITY

‘Arogyappacha’ (Trichopus zeylanicus) found endemic to Agastyar hills of Kerala is used by the local ‘kani’ tribe as a health food for getting instant stamina, ever green health and vitality. The tonic effect of this plants is comparable to that of the famous health food/drug ‘Ginseng’. A critical s...

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Autores principales: Pushpangadan, P., Rajasekharan, S., Ratheshkumar, P.K., Jawahar, C.R., Nair, V. Velayudhan, Lakshmi, N., Amma, L. Sarada
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1988
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557622
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author Pushpangadan, P.
Rajasekharan, S.
Ratheshkumar, P.K.
Jawahar, C.R.
Nair, V. Velayudhan
Lakshmi, N.
Amma, L. Sarada
author_facet Pushpangadan, P.
Rajasekharan, S.
Ratheshkumar, P.K.
Jawahar, C.R.
Nair, V. Velayudhan
Lakshmi, N.
Amma, L. Sarada
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description ‘Arogyappacha’ (Trichopus zeylanicus) found endemic to Agastyar hills of Kerala is used by the local ‘kani’ tribe as a health food for getting instant stamina, ever green health and vitality. The tonic effect of this plants is comparable to that of the famous health food/drug ‘Ginseng’. A critical survey of the Ayurveda classics, suggests that the ‘Arogyappacha’ may be the divine ‘Varahi’described by sushruta. Chemical and Pharmacological evaluation of the plant have been initiated.
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spelling pubmed-33313432012-04-27 ‘AROGYAPPACHA’ (TRICHOPUS ZEYLANICUS gaerin), THE ‘GINSENG’ OF KANI TRIBES OF AGASHYAR HILLS (KERALA) FOR EVER GREEN HEALH AND VITALITY Pushpangadan, P. Rajasekharan, S. Ratheshkumar, P.K. Jawahar, C.R. Nair, V. Velayudhan Lakshmi, N. Amma, L. Sarada Anc Sci Life Original Article ‘Arogyappacha’ (Trichopus zeylanicus) found endemic to Agastyar hills of Kerala is used by the local ‘kani’ tribe as a health food for getting instant stamina, ever green health and vitality. The tonic effect of this plants is comparable to that of the famous health food/drug ‘Ginseng’. A critical survey of the Ayurveda classics, suggests that the ‘Arogyappacha’ may be the divine ‘Varahi’described by sushruta. Chemical and Pharmacological evaluation of the plant have been initiated. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1988 /pmc/articles/PMC3331343/ /pubmed/22557622 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Pushpangadan, P.
Rajasekharan, S.
Ratheshkumar, P.K.
Jawahar, C.R.
Nair, V. Velayudhan
Lakshmi, N.
Amma, L. Sarada
‘AROGYAPPACHA’ (TRICHOPUS ZEYLANICUS gaerin), THE ‘GINSENG’ OF KANI TRIBES OF AGASHYAR HILLS (KERALA) FOR EVER GREEN HEALH AND VITALITY
title ‘AROGYAPPACHA’ (TRICHOPUS ZEYLANICUS gaerin), THE ‘GINSENG’ OF KANI TRIBES OF AGASHYAR HILLS (KERALA) FOR EVER GREEN HEALH AND VITALITY
title_full ‘AROGYAPPACHA’ (TRICHOPUS ZEYLANICUS gaerin), THE ‘GINSENG’ OF KANI TRIBES OF AGASHYAR HILLS (KERALA) FOR EVER GREEN HEALH AND VITALITY
title_fullStr ‘AROGYAPPACHA’ (TRICHOPUS ZEYLANICUS gaerin), THE ‘GINSENG’ OF KANI TRIBES OF AGASHYAR HILLS (KERALA) FOR EVER GREEN HEALH AND VITALITY
title_full_unstemmed ‘AROGYAPPACHA’ (TRICHOPUS ZEYLANICUS gaerin), THE ‘GINSENG’ OF KANI TRIBES OF AGASHYAR HILLS (KERALA) FOR EVER GREEN HEALH AND VITALITY
title_short ‘AROGYAPPACHA’ (TRICHOPUS ZEYLANICUS gaerin), THE ‘GINSENG’ OF KANI TRIBES OF AGASHYAR HILLS (KERALA) FOR EVER GREEN HEALH AND VITALITY
title_sort ‘arogyappacha’ (trichopus zeylanicus gaerin), the ‘ginseng’ of kani tribes of agashyar hills (kerala) for ever green healh and vitality
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557622
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