| Botanical Name (Latin):
Cardiospermum halicacabum
Sanskrit
Name:
Jyotismati
Common Name (English):
Balloon Vine
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: +
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): tikta, katu
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): ushna
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
katu
Guna
(Qualities):
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):
asthi, majja, sukra
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:
stimulant, cardiac, tranquilizer, diuretic, analgesic, bronchodilator, cardiac -improves coronary circulation, promotes memory -that which promotes pitta increases intelligence reasoning memory Sp first recent then long term
Indications
(Uses):
epilepsy, stroke, word blindness, edema, obestiy, hi cholesterol, asthmas, bronchitis, sexual debility, arthritis, rheumatism, anxiety, neurosis, insomnia, dysfunctional thinking (v,k), alzheimers, depression, fungal infection skin and nails, epilepsy, stroke, word blindness, edema, obesity, cholesterol, memory weakness, bronchitis, asthma, bronchial congestion, sex debility, low libido, depression, arthritis, rheumatism, scabies infection, pain, discomfort, anxiety neurosis, insomnia, Alzheimer's, fungal infection skin and nails
Contraindications
(Cautions):
hi pitta
Constituents:
essential oil,saponin
Active
Substances:
celestrine (alkyloid)
Plant Part
Used:
flower, root, seed,
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