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Azadirachta indica A. Juss

{{Infobox
|title = Nimba
|label1 = Section/Chapter
|data1 = Herb database/Nimba
|label2 = Botanical name(s)
|data2 = Azadirachta indica A. Juss
|label3 = Contributors
|data3 = --
|label4 = Year of publication
|data4 = 2021
|label5 = Publisher
|data5 = [[Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre]]
|label6 = DOI
|data6 = Awaited
}}

==English name ==

Margosa tree

== Synonyms in Charak Samhita==

Nimba, Pichumarda, Arishta, Tiktaka, Paribhadra, Hinguniryasa

== Ayurvedic pharmacological properties ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Properties
|-
! Sr.no. !! Pharmacological criteria !! Properties
|-
| 1 || Taste ([[rasa]]) || Bitter (tikta), Astringent (kashaya)
|-
| 2 || Potency ([[veerya]]) || Cold (sheeta)
|-
| 3 || Post digestion effect ([[vipaka]]) || Pungent (katu)
|-
| 4 || Qualities ([[guna]])|| Light (laghu)
|-
| 5 || Actions ([[karma]]) || Pacify [[kapha]] and [[pitta]]
|-
|}
== Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Herbs and their activities
|-
! Sr.no. !! Reference in Charak Samhita !! Activity
|-
| 1 ||Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 2/7 || [[Vamana]] (Therapeutic emesis)
|-
| 2 ||Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 3/3 || Siddhatamachurnapradeha
|-
| 3 ||Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 4/9(14) || Kandughnamahakashay
|-
| 4 ||Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 4/9(48) || Sandnyasthapanamahakashaya
|-
| 5 ||Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 4/9(48) || Sandnyasthapanamahakashaya
|-
| 6 ||Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 23/10
| Santarpanajanya vikar chikitsa
|-
|7
|Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 23/12
|Santarpanajanya vikar chikitsa
|-
|8
|Cha.Sa.[[Sutra Sthana]] 27/97
|Shaka Varga
|-
|9
|Cha.Sa.[[Vimana Sthana]] 6/17
|Abhyantar Krimi Chikitsa
|-
|10
|Cha.Sa.[[Vimana Sthana]] 8/135
|Vaman dravyani
|-
|11
|Cha.Sa.[[Vimana Sthana]] 8/143
|Tiktaskandha
|-
|12
|Ch.Sa.[[Sharira Sthana]] 8/32
|Garbha shalya chikitsa
|-
|13
|Cha.Sa.[[Kalpa Sthana]] 1/22
|Vamanartha
|-
|14
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 3/201
|Used as kwatha in Anydhyushka jwara.
|-
|15
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 3/204
|As an ingredient of Vatsakadi kashaya.
|-
|16
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 3/224
|Used in formulation of Baladi Ghrita.
|-
|17
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 3/241
|Used in niruha basti.
|-
|18
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 3/252
|As an ingredient of Patoladi anuvasana basti.
|-
|19
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 3/258
|As an ingredient of Chandanadhya taila.
|-
|20
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 3/307
|Used as Dhoopana dravya for Vishama jwara.
|-
|21
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 4/38
|As pathya ahara.
|-
|22
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 5/115
|Ingredient of Rohinyadya Ghrit for Pittaj Gulma
|-
|23
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 6/30
|Used for making decoction in Pittaj Prameh
|-
|24
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 6/31
|Used for making decoction in Pittaj Prameh
|-
|25
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 6/38
|Trikantakadhya Tail/Ghrit in Vata-kaphaj prameh
|-
|26
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/43
|As Vaman dravya
|-
|27
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/46
|As Asthapan Basti dravya
|-
|28
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/47
|As Anuvasan Basti dravya
|-
|29
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/57
|For Scrapping
|-
|30
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/65
|Ingredient in Mustadi Churna
|-
|31
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/68
|Ingredient in Triphaladi Churna
|-
|32
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/82
|Pathya diet in Kushth
|-
|33
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/97
|Ingredient in Kushthaghna Yog
|-
|34
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/100
|Kwath prayog in Kapha-Pittaj Kushth
|-
|35
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/101
|Kwath prayog in Kapha-Pittaj Kushth
|-
|36
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/103
|Bahyaprayogarth tail in Kushth
|-
|37
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/112
|Ingredient in Kanakakshiri Tail
|-
|38
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/129
|Abhyantar and Bahyaprayogarth, Pana, Snan
|-
|39
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/131
|Abhyantar and Bahyaprayogath in Pittaj Kushth
|-
|40
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/135
|For Rakta and pitta Shamana
|-
|41
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/136
|Ingredient in Vata-Pitta nashak Ghrit
|-
|42
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/140
|Ingredient in Tiktashatpala Ghrit
|-
|43
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/144
|Ingredient in Mahatikta Ghrit
|-
|44
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/152
|Ingredient in Mahakhadir Ghrit
|-
|45
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/157
|Snan, Pana and Pradeh in Galit-Kushth
|-
|46
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 7/158
|Abhyantar and Bahyaprayogarth, Pana, Snan, Lepa
|-
|47
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 10/33
|Ingredient in oil preparation for Bahyaprayogarth
|-
|48
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 12/63
|As a Pathya Diet In treatment of Shvayathu
|-
|49
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 12/72
|As an Unmardan dravya in Kaphaj Shvayathu
|-
|50
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 14/186
|Used for raktastambhana
|-
|51
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 14/214
|Used for parisechana in rakta arsha
|-
|52
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 14/220
|Used for pratisarana in rakta arsha
|-
|53
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/126
|As an ingredient of candanadhya ghrita
|-
|54
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/138
|As an ingredient of Kiratadhya churna (Pittaja Grahani chiktsa)
|-
|55
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/181
|As an ingredient of Bhunimbadhya Kshara
|-
|56
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/189
|Used in preparation of Pancham Kshara
|-
|57
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 16/46
|As an ingredient of Katukadi Ghrit
|-
|58
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 16/53
|Used in Haridradi Ghrita
|-
|59
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 16/63
|Cha.Sa. Chi. 16/63
|-
|60
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 16/87
|As an ingredient of Shilajatu vataka
|-
|61
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 17/97
|Used in yusha preparation for hikka svasa
|-
|62
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 20/34
|For vamana in Kaphaja chhardi
|-
|63
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 20/35
|As a pathya ahara in kaphaja chhardi.
|-
|64
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 21/51
|For Vamana karma.
|-
|65
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 21/54
|For Kashaya pana.
|-
|66
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 21/52
|For Vamana karma.
|-
|67
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 21/59
|For Kashaya pana.
|-
|68
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 21/97
|As a prakshalana prayoga for vrana – ropana.
|-
|69
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 23/51
|For Agada pana in 8<sup>th</sup> vega of visha.
|-
|70
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 23/69
|For Anjana prayoga, if obstruction is there in eye.
|-
|71
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 23/79
|As an ingredient of Maha -Gandha hasti agada.
|-
|72
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 23/202
|As an ingredient of Madhukadi yoga.
|-
|73
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 23/243
|As an ingredient of Amruta ghrita.
|-
|74
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 24/160
|Used as lepa in Madhyajanita daha.
|-
|75
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 25/84
|Used as vranashodhaka kashaya
|-
|76
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 25/85
|Used as vranashodhaka lepa.
|-
|77
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 25/90
|As an ingredient of Kampillakadi taila.
|-
|78
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 25/90
|As an ingredient of Kampillakadi taila.
|-
|79
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 26/239
|Used for aaschotana in Kaphaja netraroga.
|-
|80
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 27/27
|As Pathya in Urustambha
|-
|81
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 27/52
|As an ingredient of Tarkaryadi Parisechana
|-
|82
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 27/50
|As an ingredient of Utsadana Yoga
|-
|83
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 29/148
|Apply lepa for Kaphaja Vatarakta.
|-
|84
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 30/74
|As an ingredient of Udumbaradi taila.
|-
|85
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 30/82
|For yoni prakshalana.
|-
|86
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 30/99
|Used in the treatment of Kaphaja pradara.
|-
|87
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 30/253
|Used in the treatment of Stanya dosha, for vamana.
|-
|88
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 30/279
|Used in the treatment of Gaurava stanya dosha.
|-
|}

== Current availability==

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== Current researches ==

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