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In the chapter on pharmaceutics of ''Ikshvaku'' (Lagenaria siceraria), 45 recipes of ''Ikshvaku'' processed in various media like milk, alcohol, whey, buttermilk, oil cake, clarified butter, meat soup etc. are described. The useful parts like leaves, flower and seeds of ''ikshvaku'' are employed for emesis. A recipe with administration of seeds in an increasing dose from fifty up to maximum hundred seeds per day is described.''Ikshvaku'' is indicated in conditions like ''kasa''(cough), ''shwasa'' (dyspnea/asthma), ''chhardi''(vomiting), ''jwara''(fever), ''visha''(toxin), ''swarabheda''(hoarseness), ''peenasa''(coryza), ''gulma''(lump in abdomen), ''udara''(abdominal swellings including ascitis), ''granthi''(cystic swelling), ''galaganda'' (goiter), ''shleepada'' (elephantitis), ''pandu''(anemia), ''kushtha''(dermatosis), ''arochaka''(dyspepsia), ''prameha''(diabetes). Emesis induced by inhalation of powdered flower sprinkled over a garland is also described in this chapter. Drugs like ''Yashti, Kovidara, Karbudara, Nipa, Vidula, Bimbi, Shanapushpi, Sadapushpi, Pratyakpushpi, Bilwamoola, Mahajaalini,Jimutaka, Kritavedhana'' and ''Kutaja'' etc. are also incorporated along with ''Ikshvaku'' in various formulations.  

In the chapter on pharmaceutics of ''Ikshvaku'' (Lagenaria siceraria), 45 recipes of ''Ikshvaku'' processed in various media like milk, alcohol, whey, buttermilk, oil cake, clarified butter, meat soup etc. are described. The useful parts like leaves, flower and seeds of ''ikshvaku'' are employed for emesis. A recipe with administration of seeds in an increasing dose from fifty up to maximum hundred seeds per day is described.''Ikshvaku'' is indicated in conditions like ''kasa''(cough), ''shwasa'' (dyspnea/asthma), ''chhardi''(vomiting), ''jwara''(fever), ''visha''(toxin), ''swarabheda''(hoarseness), ''peenasa''(coryza), ''gulma''(lump in abdomen), ''udara''(abdominal swellings including ascitis), ''granthi''(cystic swelling), ''galaganda'' (goiter), ''shleepada'' (elephantitis), ''pandu''(anemia), ''kushtha''(dermatosis), ''arochaka''(dyspepsia), ''prameha''(diabetes). Emesis induced by inhalation of powdered flower sprinkled over a garland is also described in this chapter. Drugs like ''Yashti, Kovidara, Karbudara, Nipa, Vidula, Bimbi, Shanapushpi, Sadapushpi, Pratyakpushpi, Bilwamoola, Mahajaalini,Jimutaka, Kritavedhana'' and ''Kutaja'' etc. are also incorporated along with ''Ikshvaku'' in various formulations.  

'''Keywords''': ''Ikshvaku'', Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standley, ''Vamana'', therapeutic emesis.

'''Keywords''': ''Ikshvaku'', Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standley, ''Vamana'', therapeutic emesis.

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|title = Ikshvaku Kalpa Adhyaya

|title = Ikshvaku Kalpa Adhyaya

== Introduction ==

== Introduction ==

 

''Ikshvaku'' is referred at various places in [[Charaka Samhita]] by synonyms like ''Lamba, Katukalabu, Tumbi, Pindphala'' and ''Phalini''. It is indicated in ''Kasa''(cough), ''Shwasa''(dyspnea/asthma), ''Visha''(toxins), ''Chhardi''(vomiting), ''Jwara''(fever) and ''Pratamyata''(blackouts). The most potent and useful part employed in recipes are leaves (collected before flowering), fruits and seeds. Two more synonyms - ''Katutumbi'' and ''Mahaphala'' are quoted for ''Ikshvaku'' with ''hridya''( cardio-protective) and ''vishahara''( anti-poisonous) properties. [1]

''Ikshvaku'' is referred at various places in [[Charaka Samhita]] by synonyms like ''Lamba, Katukalabu, Tumbi, Pindphala'' and ''Phalini''. It is indicated in ''Kasa''(cough), ''Shwasa''(dyspnea/asthma), ''Visha''(toxins), ''Chhardi''(vomiting), ''Jwara''(fever) and ''Pratamyata''(blackouts). The most potent and useful part employed in recipes are leaves (collected before flowering), fruits and seeds. Two more synonyms - ''Katutumbi'' and ''Mahaphala'' are quoted for ''Ikshvaku'' with ''hridya''( cardio-protective) and ''vishahara''( anti-poisonous) properties. [1]

   

   

#B.V.S Lakshmi and M Sudhakar, Adaptogenic activity of Lagenaria siceraria, An experimental study using acute stress models on rats, Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2009,4(8)pp-300-306

#B.V.S Lakshmi and M Sudhakar, Adaptogenic activity of Lagenaria siceraria, An experimental study using acute stress models on rats, Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2009,4(8)pp-300-306

#Rakesh P Prajapati, Manisha Kalariya, Sachin K parmar, Navin R sheth Phytochemical and pharmacological review of legenaria siceraria , J [[Ayurveda]] Integr Med . 2010 volume1/issue 4/ page 266-272 http://www.iaim.in/text.asp?20101/4/266-272/74431

#Rakesh P Prajapati, Manisha Kalariya, Sachin K parmar, Navin R sheth Phytochemical and pharmacological review of legenaria siceraria , J [[Ayurveda]] Integr Med . 2010 volume1/issue 4/ page 266-272 http://www.iaim.in/text.asp?20101/4/266-272/74431

 

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