• Soma- Ephedra gerardiana is an Ayurvedic herb used for the treatment of asthma, fever, weakened cardiac muscles, difficulty in urination and muscular pain.
• Powder of Soma with honey is useful to treat cough and asthma. The powder of Ephedra gerardiana is given with Arjuna bark (Terminalia arjuna) to improve the functioning and increase the strength of cardiac muscles.
• Cold infusion of the bark of Soma is given in a dose of 25-30 ml to treat fever and rhinitis.

Common Names

Hindi name- Somakalpa, Trutigrantha, Tootgant, Som, Somakalpa, Tutgantha,
English name- Joint-pine, Brigham tea
Gujarati name- Sandhiavel, Chirodi
Kannada name- Somalata, Hambukalli
Malayalam name- Somalata
Marathi name- Ransher
Punjabi name- Asmaniya,  Asmania, Budagur
Tamil name- Pulichakodi, Somakodi, Somamum, Kotikkalli
Telugu name- Kondapala, Somalata, Palmakasturi
Chinese name – Mahuang
Japanese name – Maoh Mupen
Sutlej name – Phok
Russian name – Kuzmicheva trava,
Ladakh name – Tipal, Trani

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