Marutham Pattai / Arjun Tree Bark Dried (Raw)

Marutham Pattai / Arjun Tree Bark Dried (Raw) - 100 gm

Botanical Name : Terminalia Arjuna English Name : Arjun Tree Bark Tamil Name : Marutham Pattai Hindi Name : Arjuna/ Kahu/ Kahua Malayalam Name : Neer Maruthu Telugu Name : Thella Maddi

About :
Terminalia arjuna is a tree that grows to a height of about 20-25 meters. The tree is native to India and is found growing in the banks of river beds that have gone dry. The flowers of the tree are pale yellow in color. The leaves are green long conical and brown towards the end. The tree bears fruit between the months of September and November, while flowers are seen in during the monsoon season of June to August.

Benefits :
Regular use of Arjuna Tree improves the pumping activity of heart, which makes it very useful for heart weakness and congestive heart failure. Arjuna improves cardiac muscle strength It decrease in LDL cholesterol levels. Arjunas ability to suppress the bloods absorption of lipids indicates that it has cholesterol-regulating properties. Its principle constituents are sitosterol, ellagic acid and arjunic acid. Arjuna bark is rich in Co-enzyme Q-10 which prevents incident of heart attacks. ? Arjuna also has a tonic and diuretic effects that benefit cirrhosis of the liver. ? It induces a drug-dependent decrease in blood pressure and heart rate. The bark of Arjuna is useful as an anti-ischemic and cardioprotective agent in hypertension and in ischemic heart disease, especially in disturbed cardiac rhythm, angina or myocardial infarction. Arjuna helps maintain a healthy heart and reduces the effects of stress and nervousness. Arjuna enhances prostaglandins and lowers risk of coronary heart trouble. Arjuna can relieve symptomatic complaints of essential hypertension such as giddiness, insomnia, lassitude, headache and the inability to concentrate. In a study on the efficacy of the bark powder in treating congestive cardiac failure (CCF), over 40% of the cases showed marked improvement. CCF due to congenital anomaly of heart and valve disease was also brought under control. 4 out of 9 cases of CCF due to chronic bronchitis were also relieved by the treatment.