Vidanga {Embelia ribes}
Vidanga balances Vata and Kapha
Ayurveda Characteristic and Uses
- Effect on doshas – Good for pacifying Vata and Kapha
- Taste – Pungent, bitter
- Energetics – Heating
- Main Traditional Action: Rasayana, anthelmintic
- Other Traditional Uses: Improves appetite, mild laxative, carminative, anti snake bit, skin diseases, bronchitis, urinary discharges, dyspepsia, liver ailments and jaundice.
Modern Research
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Vidanga and its components have investigated for a number of biological activities such as: antioxidant, antihyperglycaemic, cardioprotective, neuroprotective, wound healing, acetylcholinersterase inhibitory activity, analgesic, antidiabetic, chemopreventative, dislipidemia, anthelmintic, antimicrobial, alpha-amylase inhibitory activity, and contraceptive ability. |