Kasani

Kasani

Latin Name:

Cichorium intybus

Family:

Asteraceae

Name in Different Language:

  • Sanskrit : Kasani
  • English :Chicory
  • Hindi : Kasani

Pharmalogical Actions:

  • Against Hepatitis
  • Treatment of liver diseases
  • Antioxidant

Therapeutic Dose:

  • 5-10 ml (1-2 tsf) twice a day

Reference

  1. Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India.
  2. Bhavprakash Nighantu: by Dr K C Chunekar; Chaukhamba Bharati Academy, Varanasi; 2004
  3. Yadav MS, Buram P. Recent Herbal Proprietary Preparations for Liver Diseases: A Comparative Study.
  4. Naseem N, Khurshid R, Qamar T, Tahir M, Naveed A, Hussaini S. Effects of the aqueous and alcoholic extracts of seeds of Cichorium intybus Linn (Kasni) In treatment of liver damaged by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). Ann. Pak. Inst. Med. Sci. 2011;7(4):200-3.
  5. Javed G, Javaid R, Ahmed F. Kasni (Cichorium intybus): a Unani hepatoprotective drug. Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics. 2020 Jul 15;10(4):238-41.
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