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Line 64: − + − + + − '''Uses''': Bark is used in dysentery and is prescribed in piles, anemia, asthma, bronchopneumonia, dropsy, dysurea, influenza, rheumatism, tooth- ache, vomiting and nausea, intestinal worms dyspepsia, chest complaints and the diseases of skin and the spleen.[10]+ − −
Vatsaka Kalpa Adhyaya (view source)
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'''Family''': Apocynaceae
'''Family''': Apocynaceae
'''English name''': Kurchi [1]
'''English name''': Kurchi<ref>Prof. P.V. Sharma, Dravyaguna- Vigyana, Vol.II, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, Reprint 1998, pp 464.</ref>
'''Botanical Description''':
'''Botanical Description''':
A shrub or small tree, glabrous or pubescent; bark pale. Leaves 10-20 by 5 - 11.5cm. from broadly ovate to elliptic, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, glabrous or more or less pubescent, base usually obtuse; main nerves 10-14 pairs, conspicuous; petiole 3mm long. Flowers white , inodorous, in terminal corymbose cymes 7.5 -15 cm. diam.; pedicels slender; bracts small, lanceolate, pubescent and ciliate. Follicles 20-38cm. long, 6-8mm diam., cylindric, often dotted with white spots. Seeds 8mm. long or rather more, linear – oblong, tipped with a spreading deciduous coma of brown hairs 2-2.5cm. long.[2]
A shrub or small tree, glabrous or pubescent; bark pale. Leaves 10-20 by 5 - 11.5cm. from broadly ovate to elliptic, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, glabrous or more or less pubescent, base usually obtuse; main nerves 10-14 pairs, conspicuous; petiole 3mm long. Flowers white , inodorous, in terminal corymbose cymes 7.5 -15 cm. diam.; pedicels slender; bracts small, lanceolate, pubescent and ciliate. Follicles 20-38cm. long, 6-8mm diam., cylindric, often dotted with white spots. Seeds 8mm. long or rather more, linear – oblong, tipped with a spreading deciduous coma of brown hairs 2-2.5cm. long.<ref>Kirtikar and Basu, Indian Medicinal Plants, Vol.II, second edition 1998, pp1570.</ref>
'''Distribution''':
'''Distribution''':
*Guna: Laghu, ruksha.
*Guna: Laghu, ruksha.
*Veerya: Sheeta.
*Veerya: Sheeta.
*Vipaka: Katu. [3]
*Vipaka: Katu. <ref>Prof. P.V. Sharma, Dravyaguna- Vigyana, Vol.II, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, Reprint 1998, pp 465.</ref>
''Vatsaka'' leaves are used to treat ''kushtha'' (dermatosis), ''kilasa'' (dermatosis), ''indralupta'' (alopecia), ''arsha'' (hemorrhoids), ''bhagandara'' (fistula in ano) etc.[4] Its fruits are used in ''stanyasodhana mahakasaya'' [5], ''asthapanopaga mahakasaya''. [6] ''Vatsaka'' is used as an ingredient in triphaladi kwatha and mustadi kwatha to treat ''prameha''.[7] Seeds of ''vatsaka'' (''indrayava'') are used in kushtha.[8] In [[Arsha Chikitsa]] bark of ''kutaja'' and ''indrayava'' used as ''rasakriya''. [9]
''Vatsaka'' leaves are used to treat ''kushtha'' (dermatosis), ''kilasa'' (dermatosis), ''indralupta'' (alopecia), ''arsha'' (hemorrhoids), ''bhagandara'' (fistula in ano) etc.<ref>Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, Ist part,Sutrasthana, Chap 3, shlok no.4,Reprint 2005, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 59</ref> Its fruits are used in ''stanyasodhana mahakasaya''<ref>5Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, Ist part,Sutrasthana, Chap 4, shlok no.18, Reprint 2005, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 84.</ref>, ''asthapanopaga mahakasaya''.<ref>Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, Ist part,Sutrasthana, Chap 4, shlok no.25, Reprint 2005, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 86.</ref>''Vatsaka'' is used as an ingredient in triphaladi kwatha and mustadi kwatha to treat ''prameha''.<ref>Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, Ist part,Sutrasthana, Chap 23, shlok no.10,13, Reprint 2005, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 437.</ref>Seeds of ''vatsaka'' (''indrayava'') are used in kushtha.<ref>Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, 2nd part,Chikitsasthana, Chap 7, shlok no.94, Reprint2012, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 264.</ref> In [[Arsha Chikitsa]] bark of ''kutaja'' and ''indrayava'' used as ''rasakriya''.<ref>Pandit Kashi Nath Shastri, Dr. Gorakhanath Chaturvedi, Charaka Samhita, 2nd part,Chikitsasthana, Chap 14, shlok no.188-190, Reprint2012, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, pp 442.</ref>
'''Uses''': Bark is used in dysentery and is prescribed in piles, anemia, asthma, bronchopneumonia, dropsy, dysurea, influenza, rheumatism, tooth- ache, vomiting and nausea, intestinal worms dyspepsia, chest complaints and the diseases of skin and the spleen.<ref>Ravindra Sharma, Medicinal Plants of India, 2003, Daya Publishing House, Delhi. pp 127.</ref>
'''Chemical constituents''': Major total alkaloids 4%; bioactive steroidal alkaloid conessine 0.4%; kurchicine, conkurchine, holarrhine. Others- steroidal alkaloids, kurchiline.<ref>Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants, Vol. I, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 2003 pp 110.</ref> [11]
'''Chemical constituents''': Major total alkaloids 4%; bioactive steroidal alkaloid conessine 0.4%; kurchicine, conkurchine, holarrhine. Others- steroidal alkaloids, kurchiline. [11]
== Sanskrit Text, Transliteration with English Translation ==
== Sanskrit Text, Transliteration with English Translation ==