Saussurea costus

Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Compositae
Group: Angiosperms
Synonymous names: Saussurea lappa, Saussurea costus, Saussrea lappa, Saussuera lappa, Saussurea leppa
System of medicine: Ayurveda, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa, Unani
IUCN Red List category: Critically Endangered
IMPPAT Plant identifier: IMPPAT3_PLTID002741

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Plant - Therapeutic use associations

Therapeutic uses reported for Saussurea costus


Indian medicinal plantPlant partTherapeutic useAssociated Ayurvedic term(s) for therapeutic use (in IAST)IMPPAT Therapeutic use identifierMapping to other databasesReferences
Saussurea costusamenorrheaanārtava, naṣārtava, naṣṭa puṣpa, naṣṭārtavaIMPPAT3_TPUID000066D000568, C0002453, DOID:13938, GA20.0ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusanalgesicsIMPPAT3_TPUID000073D000700, C0002771, XM4KS4ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusanasarcasarvāṅga śopha, sarvāṅga śotha, sarvāṅgaśothaIMPPAT3_TPUID000075D004487, C0151603, MG29.1ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costusantifungal agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000113D000935, C0718566, XM7S10ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusantimutagenic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000119D016587, C0085168ISBN:9788172363093
Saussurea costusantineoplastic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000121D000970, C0003392ISBN:9788172363093
Saussurea costusantipruriticskandu, kanḍu, kaṇḍu, kaṇḍūIMPPAT3_TPUID000127D000982, C0003417, EC90ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusantipyreticsIMPPAT3_TPUID000129D058633, C0003419, XM1RS7ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusantirheumatic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000130D018501, C0003191, XM95N2ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costusaphrodisiacsvājīkaraṇārtha, vṛṣyaśaktiIMPPAT3_TPUID000145D001046, C0003567ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusappetite stimulantsagnidīpana, arocakaIMPPAT3_TPUID000152D019167, C0376447ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusastheniaIMPPAT3_TPUID000167D001247, C0004093, MG22ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusasthmaasthamā, tamaka śvāsa, tamakaśvāsaIMPPAT3_TPUID000170D001249, C0004096, DOID:2841, CA23ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusbronchitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000229D001991, C0006277, DOID:6132, CA20ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costuscholeraIMPPAT3_TPUID000301D002771, C0008354, DOID:1498, 1A00ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costuscolickṛmi-śulaIMPPAT3_TPUID000325D003085, C0232488, MD81.4ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costuscoughjīrṇakāsa, kasanaroga, kaśa, kāsaIMPPAT3_TPUID000367D003371, C0010200, MD12ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusdiarrheaatisāra, atisīra, at¢s¡ra, atīsāra, atīīsāra, sarvātisāraIMPPAT3_TPUID000416D003967, C0011991, DOID:13250, ME05.1ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusdiureticsmūtravirecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000484D004232, C0012798, XM11B1ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusdysenterypravāhikā, pravīhikāIMPPAT3_TPUID000493D004403, C0277526, DOID:12384, 1A40.ZISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusdysmenorrheaasṛgdara rujā, kṛcchrārtava, rajo śūlaIMPPAT3_TPUID000497D004412, C0013390, GA34.3ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusdyspepsiaajerṇa, ajirna, ajirṇa, ajīrna, ajīrṇa, mandāgnī ajīrṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID000498D004415, C0013395, DD90.3ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costuserysipelasparīsarpa, visarapa, visarpa, viṣarpaIMPPAT3_TPUID000544D004886, C0014733, DOID:11330, 1B70.0ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusexpectorantsIMPPAT3_TPUID000557D005100, C0015314, XM44A1ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusfevercāturthikajvara, ivara, jirṇajvara, jvara, jvaropadrava, jīrṇa jvara, jīrṇajvara, prasūtījvara, purāṇajvara, sarva jvara, sarvajvara, sūtikā jvara, sūtikājvara, vātaja jvara, vātajvara, śūtajvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID000577D005334, C0015967, MG26ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusflatulenceIMPPAT3_TPUID000610D005414, C0016204, ME08ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusgalactogoguesIMPPAT3_TPUID000624D056669, C2717873ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusgoutraktavāta, vatarakta, vāta rakta, vāta-rakta, vātarakta, vātarakta., vātararakta, vātaśoṇita, vītarakta, āḍhyavātaIMPPAT3_TPUID000662D006073, C0018099, DOID:13189, FA25ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusheadachesirahsula, sirahśūla, siraśūla, siraḥśūla, śirah śūla, śirahśula, śirahśūla, śiraḥ śūla, śiraḥ śūla, śiraḥśūla, śirorujā, śriah śūlaIMPPAT3_TPUID000676D006261, C0018681, 8A81.ZISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusheart diseaseshṛda roga, hṛdaya roga, hṛdayaroga, hṛdraoga, hṛdroga, hṛdroga.IMPPAT3_TPUID000683D006331, C0018799, DOID:114, BC4ZISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costushiccuphidhmā, hikka, hikkā, hikkā.chardiIMPPAT3_TPUID000726D006606, C0019521, MD11.6ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costushysteriaIMPPAT3_TPUID000784D007046, C0020701ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusjaundiceavarodhajanya kāmalā, kāmalāIMPPAT3_TPUID000845D007565, C0022346, ME10.1ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costusleprosyIMPPAT3_TPUID000870D007918, C0023343, DOID:1024, 1B20ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusprurigoIMPPAT3_TPUID001181D011536, C0033771, EC91ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costusrejuvenationrasayana, rasāyanaIMPPAT3_TPUID001214D012060, C0035016ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusskin diseasescarma roga, kustha, kuśṭha, kušṭha, kuṣṭha, mahākuṣtḥā, mahākuṣṭha, tvagroga, tvak roga, tvaka, tvakroga, tvakvikāra, tvara, vyanga, vyaṅga, dadru, dadrukuṣṭha, kuṣṭha without vraṇa, kṣudra kuṣṭha, siddhma, sidhma, sidhmakuṣṭha jvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID001280D012871, C0037274, ME67ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costussweating/diaphoreticIMPPAT3_TPUID001351D013546, C0038990, VV70ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costustoothachedantapīḍā, dantaśula, dantaśśla, dantaśūla, dantašūlaIMPPAT3_TPUID001407D014098, C0040460, DA0A.YISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusulcerdusta vrana, duṣṭa vraṇa, kṣata, vrana, vra¸a, vraṇa, vraṇa vikāra, vraṇa vikṇra, vātapittakapha vraṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID001426D014456, C0041582ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusurination disordersmūtra dāha, mūtradāha, sikatāmehaIMPPAT3_TPUID001453D014555, C0042035, GB0YISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costusvitiligokilāsa, svetakushtha, śvitra, śvitrakuṣṭha, śvītraIMPPAT3_TPUID001513D014820, C0042900, DOID:12306, ED63.0ISBN:9788173717062
Saussurea costuswounds and injuries/traumapūyasrāva, vraṇa kṛmi, abhighātaIMPPAT3_TPUID001540D014947, C0043251, ND56ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costusrootamenorrheaanārtava, naṣārtava, naṣṭa puṣpa, naṣṭārtavaIMPPAT3_TPUID000066D000568, C0002453, DOID:13938, GA20.0ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootangina pectorisIMPPAT3_TPUID000082D000787, C0002962, BA40ISBN:9788172363093
Saussurea costusrootanthelminticsduṣṭakṛmi, jantukṛmi, krimi, krm, krmi, krmi, k¨mi, kṛimiroga, kṛimiroga., kṛmi, sphita kṛmiIMPPAT3_TPUID000092D000871, C0003158, XM4EC0ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788172363093
Saussurea costusrootanti-infective agents, localIMPPAT3_TPUID000100D000891, C0003205, XM4VG4ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootantifungal agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000113D000935, C0718566, XM7S10ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootantipruriticskandu, kanḍu, kaṇḍu, kaṇḍūIMPPAT3_TPUID000127D000982, C0003417, EC90ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootantirheumatic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000130D018501, C0003191, XM95N2ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootantispasmodicsIMPPAT3_TPUID000131D010276, C0037766, XM3A77ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootappetite stimulantsagnidīpana, arocakaIMPPAT3_TPUID000152D019167, C0376447ISBN:9788172361266
Saussurea costusrootasthmaasthamā, tamaka śvāsa, tamakaśvāsaIMPPAT3_TPUID000170D001249, C0004096, DOID:2841, CA23ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788171360536, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootastringentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000171D001252, C0004110, XM0VK6ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootbronchitisIMPPAT3_TPUID000229D001991, C0006277, DOID:6132, CA20ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootcholeraIMPPAT3_TPUID000301D002771, C0008354, DOID:1498, 1A00ISBN:9788171360536, ISBN:9788172361266
Saussurea costusrootcolickṛmi-śulaIMPPAT3_TPUID000325D003085, C0232488, MD81.4ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootcoughjīrṇakāsa, kasanaroga, kaśa, kāsaIMPPAT3_TPUID000367D003371, C0010200, MD12ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootdiarrheaatisāra, atisīra, at¢s¡ra, atīsāra, atīīsāra, sarvātisāraIMPPAT3_TPUID000416D003967, C0011991, DOID:13250, ME05.1ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootdiureticsmūtravirecanārthaIMPPAT3_TPUID000484D004232, C0012798, XM11B1ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costusrootdysenterypravāhikā, pravīhikāIMPPAT3_TPUID000493D004403, C0277526, DOID:12384, 1A40.ZISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootdysmenorrheaasṛgdara rujā, kṛcchrārtava, rajo śūlaIMPPAT3_TPUID000497D004412, C0013390, GA34.3ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootdyspepsiaajerṇa, ajirna, ajirṇa, ajīrna, ajīrṇa, mandāgnī ajīrṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID000498D004415, C0013395, DD90.3ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788171360536, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootdyspneasvāsa, ávāsa, śvasa, śvasā, śvāsa, śvāsa roga, śvāsavarodha, śwāsaIMPPAT3_TPUID000502D004417, C0013404, DOID:0050847, MD11.5ISBN:9780387706375
Saussurea costusrooterysipelasparīsarpa, visarapa, visarpa, viṣarpaIMPPAT3_TPUID000544D004886, C0014733, DOID:11330, 1B70.0ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootexpectorantsIMPPAT3_TPUID000557D005100, C0015314, XM44A1ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootflatulenceIMPPAT3_TPUID000610D005414, C0016204, ME08ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootgastrointestinal motilityIMPPAT3_TPUID000639D005769, C0017184ISBN:9788172363093
Saussurea costusrootgoutraktavāta, vatarakta, vāta rakta, vāta-rakta, vātarakta, vātarakta., vātararakta, vātaśoṇita, vītarakta, āḍhyavātaIMPPAT3_TPUID000662D006073, C0018099, DOID:13189, FA25ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootheadachesirahsula, sirahśūla, siraśūla, siraḥśūla, śirah śūla, śirahśula, śirahśūla, śiraḥ śūla, śiraḥ śūla, śiraḥśūla, śirorujā, śriah śūlaIMPPAT3_TPUID000676D006261, C0018681, 8A81.ZISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusroothypnotics and sedativesIMPPAT3_TPUID000765D006993, C0020592, XM3GR8ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costusroothypoglycemic agentsIMPPAT3_TPUID000770D007004, C0020616, XM8S35ISBN:9788172363093
Saussurea costusroothysteriaIMPPAT3_TPUID000784D007046, C0020701ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootleprosyIMPPAT3_TPUID000870D007918, C0023343, DOID:1024, 1B20ISBN:9788171360536
Saussurea costusrootmemory disordersIMPPAT3_TPUID000930D008569, C0025261, MB21.1ISBN:9788172363093
Saussurea costusrootnarcoticsIMPPAT3_TPUID001000D009294, C0027415, XM4S22ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costusrootnervous system diseasesIMPPAT3_TPUID001017D009422, C0027765, DOID:863, 8E7ZISBN:9788172363093
Saussurea costusrootprurigoIMPPAT3_TPUID001181D011536, C0033771, EC91ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootrejuvenationrasayana, rasāyanaIMPPAT3_TPUID001214D012060, C0035016ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costusrootskin diseasescarma roga, kustha, kuśṭha, kušṭha, kuṣṭha, mahākuṣtḥā, mahākuṣṭha, tvagroga, tvak roga, tvaka, tvakroga, tvakvikāra, tvara, vyanga, vyaṅga, dadru, dadrukuṣṭha, kuṣṭha without vraṇa, kṣudra kuṣṭha, siddhma, sidhma, sidhmakuṣṭha jvaraIMPPAT3_TPUID001280D012871, C0037274, ME67ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusroottonicsIMPPAT3_TPUID001399C3543842ISBN:9788172361266, ISBN:9788172361792
Saussurea costusrootulcerdusta vrana, duṣṭa vraṇa, kṣata, vrana, vra¸a, vraṇa, vraṇa vikāra, vraṇa vikṇra, vātapittakapha vraṇaIMPPAT3_TPUID001426D014456, C0041582ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9788172363093, ISBN:9789327275590
Saussurea costusrootwounds and injuries/traumapūyasrāva, vraṇa kṛmi, abhighātaIMPPAT3_TPUID001540D014947, C0043251, ND56ISBN:9780387706375, ISBN:9788172361792, ISBN:9789327275590