Arjuna Herb Health Benefits and Uses – What is Arjuna Herb?
Arjuna grows to become a very large tree with a huge buttressed trunk, widely spreading, drooping branches, and a grey bark that flakes off in large, flat pieces.
Arjuna is found throughout the subcontinent of India, from the foothills of the Himalayas southwards into Sri Lanka
The Botanical Name of Arjuna is Terminalia arjuna
Botanical Names
- Terminalia arjuna
- Combretaceae
Synonyms
- Kakubha
- ‘mountain top,’
- Vırataru,
- ‘hero’s tree’
- Arjun
- Anjan
- Kahu
- Attumaratu
- Nirmarutu
- Vellaimarutu
- Marutu
- White Murdah
Health benefits, Indications and uses
- Dysentery
- cirrhosis
- bronchitis
- asthma
- tuberculosis
- haemorrhage
- leucorrhoea
- menorrhagia
- coronary heart disease
- cardiovascular disease
- diabetes
- cancer
- broken bones
Contraindications
- Pregnancy
- constipation
- dryness
- vatakopa
