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Cassia fistula L.

Aragvadha
Section/Chapter Herb database/Aragvadha
Botanical name(s) Cassia fistula L.
Contributors --
Year of publication 2021
Publisher Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre
DOI Awaited

English name

Purging cassia

Therapeutic Use

Pain(Shoola), Abdominal lumps(Gulma), Constipation(Vibandha), Udavarta, Generalized enlargement of Abdomen(Udararoga), Heart disease(Hrdroga), Diabetes malitus(Prameha)

Other varieties / Other botanical names

  • Bactyrilobium fistula Willd.
  • Cassia bonplandiana DC.
  • Cassia excelsa Kunth
  • Cassia fistuloides Collad.
  • Cassia rhombifolia Roxb.
  • Cathartocarpus excelsus G.Don
  • Cathartocarpus fistula Pers.
  • Cathartocarpus fistuloides (Collad.) G.Don
  • Cathartocarpus rhombifolius G.Don

Identification Characters

  • Kritamala – When flowering, the tree looks adorned with garlands.
  • Chaturangula – Fruit has depression at every 4 inch distance.
  • Dirghaphala – Fruits are long.
  • Rajavriksha – Regarded as king of tree owing to its beauty,
  • Svarnanga – Flowers are golden yellow coloured.
  • Pragraha – Liked by people as it is beautiful.

Types

Dhanvantari Nighantu & Raja Nighantu

  1. Aragwadha
  2. Karnikara


Synonyms in Charak Samhita

Krutamala(When flowering, the tree looks adorned with garlands.), Rajavriksha(Regarded as king of tree oving to its beauty), Shampaka(Correct the digestion process), Chaturangula(Fruit has depression at every 4 itch distance ), Pragraha(Like by people as it is beautiful), Karnikara, Avaghataka

Synonyms in Bhavaprakasha Nighantu

Aragwadha, Rajavriksha, Shampaka, Chaturangula, Arevata, Vyadhighata, Kritamala, Suvarnaka, Karnikara, Dirghaphala, Svarnanga, Svarnabhushana


Ayurvedic pharmacological properties

Properties
Sr.no. Pharmacological criteria Properties
1 Taste (rasa) Sweet (madhura)
2 Potency (veerya) Cold (sheeta)
3 Post digestion effect (vipaka) Sweet (madhura)
4 Qualities (guna) Heavy (guru), Soft (mridu), Unctuous (snigdha)
5 Actions (karma) Pacify vata and pitta, Elimination of kapha and pitta present in GIT (koshta)

Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions

Herbs and their activities
Sr.no. Reference in Charak Samhita Activity
1 Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana. 1/82 Phalini (Virechana) (Therapeutic purgation)
2 Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana. 2/10 Virechana (Therapeutic purgation)
3 Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana. 3/3 Churnapradeha
4 Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana. 4/9(13) Kushthaghnamahakashay
5 Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana. 4/9(14) Kandughnamahakashay
6 Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana. 1/6 Shodhanartha
7 Cha.Sa. Kalpa Sthana. 1/22 Shodhanartha
8 Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana. 8/03 Aragvadha Synonyms
9 Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana. 10/15 Nasya Yoga

Dose

5 – 10 gm of the drug in powder form.

Important Formulations

Aragvadhadi kvatha Churna


Current availability

Available

Current researches

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