{"id":1364,"date":"2013-02-01T03:23:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T03:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2013-02-01T03:23:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T03:23:48","slug":"shankapushpi-canscora-decussataevolvulus-alsinoidesconvolvolus-pluricalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1364","title":{"rendered":"Shankapushpi ~ Canscora decussata\/Evolvulus alsinoides\/Convolvolus pluricalis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Shankapushpi<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/goherbalsupplements.com\/images\/shankhpushpi-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"180\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Canscora decussata\/Evolvulus alsinoides\/Convolvolus pluricalis<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Convolvulaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: entire plant, juice<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: subtropical regions of the world<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: alkaloids (shankapushpine, evolvine, betaine), essential oils<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: bitter, pungent, astringent, sweet<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: rejuvenative to nervous tissue<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: antiulcer, anticatatonic, bitter tonic, febrifuge, vermifuge<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: disorders of the nervous system, pain, anxiety, convulsions, slow digestion, water retention, borborygmus (bowel gurgling), dysentery, insomnia<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: bleeding, infertility, opiate addiction<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: powder: 2-10g qd; 1:5 tincture: 3-10ml qd<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: none known<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: none known<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/medind.nic.in\/imvw\/imvw12041.html; http:\/\/www.himalayahealthcare.com\/herbfinder\/h_evolvulus.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shankapushpi Latin name: Canscora decussata\/Evolvulus alsinoides\/Convolvolus pluricalis Family: Convolvulaceae Part used: entire plant, juice Habitat: subtropical regions of the world Main constituents: alkaloids (shankapushpine, evolvine, betaine), essential oils Energetics: bitter, pungent, astringent, sweet Main herbal actions: rejuvenative to nervous tissue Minor herbal actions: antiulcer, anticatatonic, bitter tonic, febrifuge, vermifuge Main &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,195,39,362,36,20,248,333,64,363,78,364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aryuvedic-herbs","category-astringent-energetics-taste","category-bitter","category-convulsions","category-energetics-taste","category-health-conditions","category-insomnia","category-pain-of-the-nerves","category-pungent","category-slow-digestion","category-sweet","category-water-retention","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1365,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions\/1365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}