| Botanical Name (Latin):
Bauhinia variegata
Sanskrit
Name:
Kanchanara
Common Name (English):
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: -
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): kashaya
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): shita
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
katu
Guna
(Qualities):
ruksha, laghu
The twenty gunas or qualities
of all substances are: Guru
(heavy) Manda
(dull) Shita
(cold) Ushna (hot)
Snigdha
(unctuous) Slaksna
(smooth) Sandra
(dense) Mridu
(soft) Sthira
(stable) Suksma
(subtle) Visada
(non-slimy) Laghu
(light) Tikshna
(sharp) Rooksha
(un-unctuous, dry) Khara
(rough) Drava
(liquid) Kathina
(hard) Sara
(unstable) Sthula
(gross) Piccila
(slimy)
Prabhava
(Special Potency):
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
rasa, rakta, lymphoid tissue
The seven dhatus or tissues
are: Rasa (plasma, lymph), Rakta
(red blood cells), Mamsa
(muscle tissue), Meda (adipose
tissue), Ashti (bone tissue),
Majja (bone marrow, nervous
tissue
, connective tissue), Shukra
(male reproductive tissue), Artava
(female reproductive tissue)
Pharmacological
Action:
antitubercular,alterative, tonic, astringent, carminative (root), laxative (flowers) blood cleanser -increases erythrocytes, antipyretic
does ropana = heals ulceration K = gundmala naska, kapha pitta samaka, vrana sodhana, kutabhana, stambhana, krmighana, anulomana, rakta stambhana, kaphaghana, mutra sanghraniya; bark is alterative, tonic, astringent; root is carminatiave; flowers are laxative alcoholic extract of stem bark is anticancer to human epidermal carcinoma of the nasopharynx in vitro, CNS depressant; hypothermic to rats
Indications
(Uses):
TB, prolapse of rectum, thyroid toxic goiter, low grade fever, peptic and duodenal ulcer, matted lymph nodes, prolapse of uterus, lymph edema, mediastinal edenopathy, doughy abdomen, alternate constipation and diarrhea, dysentery(amebic or bacilary), ulcerative colitis, Hodgkin's Dis (lymph tissue is affected)., breast lump, leukemia (lymphatic or myeloid), dyspepsia, spleenomegaly,/salivation,cough, bleeding piles, hematuria, menorrhagia, scrofalous enlargement of neck glands,ulcers, skin diseases,
Contraindications
(Cautions):
hyper and hypothyroidism
Constituents:
tannin (tanic acid), glucose, gum K = Seeds yield 6%-16.5% fatty oil depending on extracation, isoquercitin, astragalin from fresh flowers, and 3-glucoside
Active
Substances:
bouhinia, an alkaloid
Plant Part
Used:
whole plant
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