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Cissampelos pareira L.

Patha
Section/Chapter Herb database/Patha
Botanical name(s) Cissampelos pareira L.
Family Menisperrnaceae
Availability Available
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Year of publication 2025
Publisher Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre
DOI Awaited

English name

Velvet leaf

Therapeutic uses

Shula(pain),Atisaraa(diarrhoea),Chardi(vomiting),Jwara(fever),Kandu(itching),Kustha(skin disease),Stanyadushti(disorder of breast milk).

Synonyms in Charak Samhita

Patha

Synonyms in bhavaprakash nighantu2

Ambastha(act as stambhaka) , ambasthaki, prachina, paapachelika(it cure many diseases), ekasthila(fruit of patha will have one seed), rasaa, varatiktika

Varieties

Kaiyadeva nighantu

  1. Patha
  2. Kuchelika

Ayurvedic pharmacological properties

Properties
Sr.no. Pharmacological criteria Properties
1 Taste (rasa) Katu(pungent), Tikta(bitter)
2 Potency (veerya) Hot(Ushna)
3 Post digestion effect (vipaka) Pungent (Katu)
4 Qualities (guna) Light (Laghu),sharp(Tikshna)
5 Actions (karma) Bhagnasandhankruta, Grahi, Raktashodhaka, Visaghna,Tridoshashamana , Stanyashodhana

Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions

Herbs and their activities
Sr.no. Reference in Charak Samhita Activity
1 Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/12 As an ingredient of stanyashodhana(galacto-purifiers) mahakashaya
2 Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/16 As an ingredient of Jwarahara(relieving fever) mahakashya
3 Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 23/10 Use as an ingredient of decoction in Management of santarpana-induced diseases
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