Abstract

BAUHINIA PURPUREA (KANCHANARA): A CRITICAL REVIEW ON THE MEDICINAL PLANT USED IN AYURVEDA

Patra Gajendra Singh*, Gupta Rakshapal, Joshi Pravin Kumar and Rout Om Prakash

Abstract

Medicinal plants are a importance in the primary health care of individuals and communities in many developing countries. Indian medicinal plants and their derivatives have been an invaluable source of therapeutic agents to treat various disorders Bauhinia purpurea is the original name of Kanchanara (Kovidara) vedic and samhita.The plant belongs to ceaselpinaceae family. this review articale is collect the detailed descriptin on synonyms, vernacular name, botanical description, habitet, properties, chemical constituents ethanomedicinal uses, pharmacological uses of different classical ayurvedic literature as well as modern litureture research journals.

Keywords: Kachanara, Ayurveda, Bauhinia, ethano-medicine.