Gokhru is an annual plant in the caltrop family widely distributed around the world. It is adapted to grow in dry climate locations It is native to warm temperate and tropical regions in southern Eurasia and Africa. Gokhru fruit is globose, hairy, 5-angled & spinous. The active ingredients in Tribulusterrestris include saponins, lignin amides, flavonoids, alkaloids and glycosides,potassium nitrate, sterols, sapogenin with pyroketone ring (diosgenin), gitogenin and hecogenins. As per Ayurveda, Gokhru is useful for treating urinary disorders, Kidney stones, urinary bladder infections, PCOS, prostate gland problems and heart ailments. It also helps in building muscle mass, improving brain activity and boosting the libido.
 
Ayurvedic Significance:
	
Rasa (taste): Panch rasa (sour, astringent, sweet, bitter and pungent)
	
Veerya (nature): Sheeta or cooling 
	
Vipaka (taste developed through digestion):Madhura or  sweet 
	
Guna (qualities): Guru, Snigdha or Heavy & Unctuous
	
Doshas (effect on humors): balances all three doshas: vata, kapha, pitta