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Boswellia serrata Roxb

Shallaki
Section/Chapter Herb database/Shallaki
Botanical name(s) Boswellia serrata Roxb
Family Burseraceae
Availability Available
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Year of publication 2025
Publisher Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre
DOI Awaited

English name

Indian olibanum

Therapeutic uses[1]

Jwara(fever), Pradara(discharge), Swasa(Dyspnea), Pittabhishyanda, Sarkarameha, Vrushna shoola(pain in scrotum).


Synonyms in Charak Samhita

Shallaki, Gajabhakshya, Suvaha, Surabhi, Rasa, Maheruna, Kunduru,

Synonyms in bhavprakash nighantu[2]

Vallaki, bahushrava(release profuse quantity of exudates)

Ayurvedic pharmacological properties

Properties
Sr.no. Pharmacological criteria Properties
1 Taste (rasa) Astringent (kashaya), Bitter (tikta), Sweet (madhura)
2 Potency (veerya) Cold (sheeta)
3 Post digestion effect (vipaka) Pungent (katu)
4 Qualities (Guna) Light (laghu), Rough (ruksha)
5 Actions (karma) Pacify Kapha and Pitta

Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions

Herbs and their activities
Sr.no. Reference in Charak Samhita Activity
1 Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(32) Purishvirajaniya mahakashaya(faecal depigmentors)
2 Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 5/23 Dhuma varti dravya(therapeutic inhalation for prevention of disease)
3 Cha.Sa.Vimana Sthana 8/144 Kashaya-skandha (group of astringent drugs)
4 Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 1/8 Deshavichara
5 Cha.sa.Chikitsa Sthana 3/267 As an ingredient of Agurvadi taila.
6 Cha.sa.Chikitsa Sthana 28/153 As an ingredient of Bala taila
7 Cha.sa.Chikitsa Sthana 28/161 As an ingredient of Amrutadi taila.
8 Cha.sa.Chikitsa Sthana 30/108 Used in the treatment of Vipluta.

Dose[3]

  • 1-3 gm

Important formulations[4]

  • Karpuradyarka
  • Jirakadi modak
  • Bala taila
  • Bala guduchyadi taila


Current availability

Available India: Maharashtra, madhyapradesh, rajasthan, south india

Current researches

https://cb.imsc.res.in/imppat/phytochemical/Boswellia%20serrata

This article is under development

  1. Anonymous. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume 4:24
  2. Shri Bhavamishra, Bhavaprakash Nighantu, Vatadi Varga, Verse no. 22, Edited by Padmashree Pro. Krushnachandra Chunekar, Reprint Edition, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, 2020
  3. Anonymous. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume 4:24
  4. Anonymous. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume 4:24