Talk:Patha

Cissampelos pareira L.

Patha

Section/Chapter	Herb database/Patha
Botanical name(s)	Cissampelos pareira L.
Family	Menisperrnaceae
Availability	Available
Contributors	--
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

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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