Arjuna (Terminalia Arjuna) is a medicinal plant broadly used in Ayurveda for the patients suffering from Heart Ailments. Arjuna improves cardiac muscle function and pumping actions of the heart. Arjuna is very effective when used regularly over a period of time for the treatment of angina, coronary artery disease, heart failure, edema, and possibly hypercholesterolemia. Externally, this herb has been used to treat acne, blemishes, wounds, dysentery, and diarrhea. It is very good source of calcium.
Bark is a cardiac tonic, lowers cholesterol and is used in urinary retention and diabetes. It is also used in fever and skin diseases. It is used in bilious affections, for sores and as an antidote to poison.
Benefits of Arjuna
- Blood and haemopoeitic tissue: It is used in decoction in hemorrhage and other fluxes.
- Cardiovascular system:Vaghbhatta was the first to describe it in heart diseases. It is highly recommended in heart diseases complicated with endocarditis, mitral regurgitation, pericarditis, and angina.
- Digestive system:It is used in diarrhea, dysentery and sprue.
- Reproductive system: Bark is used in spermatorrhea, gonorrhea
- Respiratory system: It acts as an expectorant and clears the air passage.
- Skin: It is used in Pruritis and other skin diseases
- Musculoskeletal system: With milk it is given in fractures and contusions with extensive ecchymosis as it promotes reunion of fracture
