Arjuna Tree: Qualities, Benefits and Natural

Remedies According to Ayurveda

The use of arjuna reduces excess bile, cures acidity, and brings stability
in blood circulation. It brings relief in blood bile, acidic bile and other
related disorders. Due to its bitter taste, it treats cough, urine related
disorders and is a good suppressor. It is astringent and febrifuge. It
treats various toxins and strengthens the hearts functioning. 'Arjuna',
'Shirish' and palm tree are helpful in leprosy, gonorrhea, paleness and
cough and are a fat suppressor. Arjuna tree, 'ashmbheda', 'apamarg'
and 'gokhru', help in treating gastric disorders. The lithiasis sugar treats

urinary disorders. Arjuna, syzygium cumin, licorice and berry, all are
beneficial in abscess, inflammation and other diseases.

Family name: Combetaceae

Scientific name: Terminalia Arjuna (Roxb.) wight and arn
English: Arjuna
Sanskrit: Arjuna, Dhaval, Samba, Indradadu, Kakubh.
Hindi: Arjuna, Kahu
Gujarati: Gholo, Sadaro, Sajar
Marathi: Sadaru, Arjun, Sadara
Bengali: Arjun, Gach
Punjabi: Kau, Koh
Telugu: Charramachi
Dravidi: Vella, Bhatti
Kannada: Kammutte
Marwari: Arjuna

Introduction:
On dry mountain ranges, on the bank of rivers, lines of trees, growing
up to 80 feet high, the green color bulbs appear as it's warriors, armed
with an infinite number of weapons in their quivers. These warriors
have gathered to eliminate the various disorders and diseases, as their
enemy. Arjuna tree is found in the forests. The flowers grow in 'Baisakh'
and 'Jyeshtha' months, and fruits develop in the winter season.

Its main trunk has a round shape with a height of 10-20 feet. Its outer
layer (bark) is whitish in color, smooth, and around 1/3rd of an inch
thick. The wood is red color on the inside. The bark shed its layer once
in a year as the snake sheds its skin. Its leaves are 3 to 6 inches long, 1
to 2 inches broad, and on small branches are smooth and costate. On
the back side of the leaves, it carries two green color glands. The flower
is small, green-whitish color, and growsup in clusters. It is odorless. The
fruits are long, oval shaped having 5 bulging curves with chambers. The
fruits are seedless.

Gum of the Arjuna Tree:

The extract of arjuna is clean, golden or brownish in color and

transparent.

Chemical Composition of Arjuna Tree:

The husk of arjuna has various chemical compositions. It has 34 percent
of calcium carbonate and other alkalis include sodium, magnesium and
aluminum. Due to excessive calcium and sodium, it helps in
strengthening heart muscles at the minute levels.
Qualities of the Arjuna Tree:
Arjuna is cool, good for the heart, astringent, treats body toxins, blood
disorders, gonorrhea, bile, cough, fat and 'pitta'. Arjuna bark in
different composition gives strength to the heart muscles. It is good in
supplying nutritious elements to the heart. When the muscles of the
heart become powerful, the heart beats are strengthened with more
regularity. The heart beats will reduce, with contraction in blood ducts,
which regulates blood circulation. The heart gets strengthened and
stimulated. The blood flow (pressure) within the blood ducts reduces,
which treats hydro-related problems. Its use ensures proper
contraction of the blood resources so that the heart uniformly
distributes blood in the body and also pulls blood sent over different
parts of the body back into the heart. Hence, its use is beneficial in
heart disorders, passiveness in blood vessels, bodily inflammation,
slowness in nerves, breath and cough problems, particularly chronic
ones. The use of arjuna reduces increase in the 'pitta' and acidity and
generates stability in the blood circulation. It is helpful in case of blood
bile and acidic biles. Since it is astringent it treats cough and urine
disorders. It also treats fever and strengthens heart functioning. It is
anti-toxin. 'Arjuna', 'Shirish' and palm tree are good for leprosy,
gonorrhea, paleness, cough and fat. Arjuna, syzygium cumini (Jamun),
liquorice and berry, all are good for abscess, as well as sexual diseases.

Medicinal Use of Arjuna Tree According to Ayurveda:

Treatment of Recurrent Mouth Ulcer (Stomatitis) with Arjuna Tree:
'Mukhpak' - When the powder of its root is mixed with eating oil and
gargled with hot water, it treats 'mukhpak'.
Treatment of Ear-ache with Arjuna Tree:
When 3-4 drops of juice from its leaves are put in the ears, it treats earache.
Treatment of Melasma on the Face with Arjuna Tree:
When its bark is crushed finely and mixed with honey to put a paste of
it on the face, it cures melasma.
Treatment of Tuberculosis Cough with Arjuna Tree:
When the powder of the bark of arjuna is mixed with seven pinches of
'vasa' leaves and taken with 2-3 grams of honey, sugar candy (misri) or
cow 'ghee', it treats TB cough with blood.
Treatment of Rapid Heart Beat with Arjuna Tree:
1) When heart beats exceed from 72 to 150, take one glass of tomato
juice, with one spoon of arjuna bark powder. Its regular use normalizes
heart beats.

2) A spoonfull of fine powder of broad bark of arjuna tree, when taken

with one cup of milk without cream, regularly in morning and evening,

treats all heart ailments. It gives strength to the heart and treats
weakness. The increasing heart beats too are reduced to normalcy.

3) Roast 20 grams of wheat flour in 30 grams of cow ghee. When it

turns pink, put 3 grams of arjuna bark powder and 30 grams of sugar
candy (misri) with 100 grams of water. After the mix is properly
prepared, take it in morning. Its regular use treats heart pain, increased
heart beats and anxiety.

4) Mix powder of bark of arjuna tree with flour and mix with honey and
sugar candy (misri). These treats severe heart problems.

Treatment of Heart Troubles with Arjuna Tree:

1) The weakness of heart and inflammation generated due to it, could
be treated with arjuna bark. Mix 6 to 10 grams of arjuna bark powder
with 'gur' (jaggery) and milk and boil it. Filter it and drink. It stops water
content of lymph filling in the blood vessels. This treats heart
inflammation and hence, the weakness is treated.

2) Take 50 grams of arjuna bark (if wet is not available, take 50 grams of
dry bark) and boil in 4 kg of water. When the mix is reduced to one
fourth, filter the decoction. Take 50 grams of cow 'ghee' and mix 50
grams of arjuna bark and the other ingredients cooked earlier. Heat it
on a slow fire. Later, cool it. Now mix 50 grams of honey and 75 grams

of sugar candy (misri) and keep it in china clay pot or glass jar. Take
around 6 grams with cow milk. This will strengthen the heart.

Weakness of the heart, excess heart beats, swelling or heart

enlargement problems are best treated with this mix.

3) If a person has suffered heart attack earlier, take the above

decoction 40 ml in morning and evening. It is a miraculous heart and
cardiac tonic.

4) For complete benefit of the mix, prepare the decoction in milk. It

helps in the treatment of angina pain, heart beats and anxiety.

5) The powder of arjuna bark, when filtered with cloth is more effective
as compared to other medicines. Chew it, keeping it on the tongue. It
was found equally beneficial as sorbitrate pill. When the pulse rates or
heart beats are very low, keeping it on the tongue starts giving relief
immediately. The medicine gives permanent relief and it does not have
any adverse impact. It is more beneficial as compared to the allopathic
medicine digitalis.

6) It is beneficial in cases of high blood pressure. If swelling or

inflammation has developed due to the high blood pressure, it gives
relief.

Treatment of Excessive Urine with Arjuna Tree:

To stop the problem, take 40 ml decoction regularly in morning and
evening

Treatment of Blood Diarrhea with Arjuna Tree:

Take the finely grinded powder of arjuna bark, 5 grams, and warm it on
a slow fire with 250 grams of cow milk and around 150 grams of water.
When only milk is left and when its temperature is reduced,
comfortable to drink, mix with 10 grams of sugar candy or sugar. Take
the mix regularly in the morning, which treats all the heart ailments. It
is especially beneficial in gastric troubles or heart ailments. This milk,
mixed with arjuna bark powder is also helpful in chronic fever, blood
diarrhea and blood bile.

Treatment of Blood Blennelytria with Arjuna Tree:

Take arjuna bark powder 1 spoon and boil with mix of 1 cup of milk.
When the residue remains half, mix sugar candy and take three times a
day.

Treatment of Gonorrhea with Arjuna Tree:

1) Take arjuna bark, neem bark, amliki bark, neelkamal and turmeric, all
in equal proportions, around 20 grams and mix with 400 ml of water.
Boil till residue remains 100 ml. Take the mix with honey in morning
and evening, which treats gonorrhea.

2) Take leaves of arjuna, quince, syzygium cumini, 'mrinali', 'shriparni',

'mahendi', 'dhai' and mix them with 'ghee' and salt. It is much beneficial
in the disease.

Treatment of Shukrameh with Arjuna Tree:

The patient should take the decoction of the arjuna bark or white
sandal regularly in morning and evening, which treats the disease.

Treatment of Urine disorder with Arjuna Tree:

Take 40 ml decoction of arjuna bark, which treats urine disorders.

Treatment of Fracture with Arjuna Tree:

When the body part is plastered due to broken bone, take finely
grinded powder of arjuna bark, one spoon with 1 cup of milk, which
strengthens bones. On the broken bone, use paste of its bark mixed
with 'ghee'. It also helps speed union of the fractured bone.

Treatment of Inflammation with Arjuna Tree:

It effects on the kidney and helps in proper urine formation. It helps in
the treatment of excessive water content in the body parts besides
heart ailments.

Treatment of Obesity with Arjuna Tree (for Weightloss):

Take powder of arjuna root bark and 'gangeran', two grams each
regularly in morning and evening, which treats diseases related to
obesity.

Treatment of Blood Bile with Arjuna Tree:

According to Charak, soak Arjuna bark for entire night and in the
morning filter the water and prepare a decoction. Its use is helpful in
blood bile.

Treatment of Leprosy with Arjuna Tree:

In blood disorders and leprosy, take one spoonfull of arjuna bark
powder with water daily. Also, its bark, when rubbed with water to
prepare a paste, is helpful.

Treatment of Fever with Arjuna Tree:

In fever, take around 40 ml of its decoction, which treats fever.

Treatment of Abscess with Arjuna Tree:

1) Finely grind arjuna bark and prepare a decoction. Wash injuries and
abscess with it, which is beneficial.
2) Take powder of its root, one spoon with milk, which treats bluishness
due to some injury.

Treatment of Chronic Fever with Arjuna Tree:

Take one spoon full of its bark with 'gur' (jaggery), which treats chronic
fever.

Treatment After Heart Attack with Arjuna Tree:

Take fresh bark of arjuna tree, dry it in open and prepare a powder.
Take 250 grams of milk and an equal amount of water and boil it. Put
three grams of arjuna powder (partially filled tea spoon) in it. After
boiling, when the milk remains half of the quantity, remove it from the
flame. Filter it and drink, which treats all heart problems and stops
heart attacks. It is very effective medicine after heart attacks.

Other Procedures:
Take 12 grams of arjuna bark and boil with 250 grams of cow milk and
an equal amount of water. When it remains half, mix 10 grams of sugar
candy, which treats all heart troubles. In fact, arjuna is a miraculous gift
of the nature and we all should take advantage of it.

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