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Marsdenia, Murva

Tenacious Condorvine, Rajmahal Hemp
Murva (Ayurveda)
Perunkurinjan (Siddha)
Moorwa (Unani)
Tong Guang Teng (TCM)
Marsdenia tenacissima
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Botanical name:
Marsdenia spp.
  1. M. tenacissima (TCM, North India) (syn. Asclepias tenacissima, A. tomentosa, Gymnema tenacissima
  2. M. volubilis (South India)

Parts used:
Root is used in Ayurveda
Root, Stem and/or Leaf is used in TCM

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet

Classification:


Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin:
-Fever (Charaka used Leaf and Flower)
-Swelling and pain of the Throat
-Sore, Boils, Abscess, Itchiness
-Bleeding from Heat (Ayurveda)
-used for Parasitic diseases (Ayurveda)
-recently used for Cancer

2. Clears Phlegm-Heat, Stops Cough:
-Heat-type Cough, Wheezing

3. Clears Damp-Heat:
-Dysuria, obstructed Urine
-obstinate urinary diseases (Ayurveda)
-Damp-Heat Jaundice (TCM)
-Vomiting, Indigestion (Ayurveda)
-Liver disease (Ayurveda)
-Piles (Ayurveda)

4. Promotes Milk:
-promotes Milk when stopped or obstructed

5. Externally:
-as an ointment applied to Burns
-externally in oils for skin disease including Eczema
-juice is applied to Fungal diseases of the feet


Dose:
Root powder: 2–5 grams
Root in Decoction: 10–20 grams (API)

Substitute:
1. Chonemorpha fragrans is used for Murva in parts of India
2. Sansevieria roxburghiana is used as Murva in Bengal
3. Maerua arenaria, Clematis gouriana, Helicteres isora and Bauhinia tomentosa have all been listed as alternate sources or substitutes.

Main Combinations:
1. Piles and Liver disease, Marsdenia with Emblic Myrobalan, Plumbago, Amorphophallus and Sea Salt. (Ayurveda)

Major Formulas:

Cautions:

Toxicity:
Polyoxypregnanes from stem demonstrated cytotoxic activity.

Main Preparations used:

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The fiber is used like Hemp and has been used to make bow strings.
1. Mild CNS depressant
2. Antispasmodic
3. Anthelmintic
4. Antimutagenic
5. Anti-cancer effects have been noted.