🔘 Ardraka - Shunthi

Ardraka - Shunthi :

👉🏻 Basonym -

In wet form = Ardraka

In dry form = Shunthi

.....शुण्ठी शोषयति | कफ मामाची.... ॥

Word Shunthi is derived from the word 'Shunthi'. Shunthi means which dries up Kapha & Aama (Undigested food) in body. 

👉🏻 Synonyms -

1. कटुभद्रम्- Best amongst Pungent medicines

2. विश्वा - Quickly enters in circulation due to it's Sharp quality 

3. महौषधम् - Very important drug because of its strong action

4. विश्व भेषज-Useful in all kind of diseases of Universe

👉🏻 Regional Names -

English : Ginger

Hindi : Adraka

Gujarati : Adu

Sanskrit : Ardraka

👉🏻 Latin Name: Zingiber officinale Linn

👉🏻 Family: Zingiberaceae

👉🏻 Gana : Triptighna, Arshoghna. Dipaniya, Shulaprashamana, Shitaprashamana, Trishnaprashamana, Stanyashodhana. 

👉🏻 Habitat: It is cultivated for commercial purposes.

👉🏻 Habit: Perennial herb and its rhizomes are used for medicinal purposes.

👉🏻 Properties -

आदिका भेदनी गुर्वी तीक्षोष्णा दीपनी मता|

कटुका मधुरापाके कक्षा वात कफपहा |

ये गुणाः कथिता : शुण्ठ्यास्तेऽपि सन्त्याकऽखिलाः ||

                      - भा.प्र.हरि तस्यादि वर्ग ४९-५०

Taste: Pungent

Potency: Hot

Vipaka: Sweet(Shunthi) Katu (Ardraka) 

Qualities: Sharp, dry , heavy (Ardraka) 

light, unctuous (shunthi)

Action on Dosha: Alleviates Kapha and vata

👉🏻 Action -

Swasa (Asthma)

Kasa (Cough)

Amavata (Rheumatoid Arthritis)

Ajirna Indigestion)

Chardi (Vomitting)

Hridroga (Cardiac Problems)

Sotha (Oedema)

Udara (Ascites)

Kanthya (Good for Voice)

- शुण्ठी शुष्का कथा महौषध विश्वा च नेकु गदेषु साधनम्। वातानुलौम्याय हिताग्निदिपनीसंपाचनीशूलकफार्निलापहा॥ 

                               -प्रा.नि.पिप्पल्यादि वर्ग

- भक्षणं लवणास्य इदं वहिनप्रदीपनम् । 

भोजनाये सदापथ्यं जिव्हाकण्ठ विशोधनम् ॥ वातश्लेष्महरं रूच्यं दीपनं पाचनं परम् । 

निम्बुकस्य रसे क्षिप्तं आर्द्रकम् मुखशोधन ॥ 

                    - कै.नि.औषधि वर्ग ११५९ -१९६१

- Shunthi is Mahaushadhi/Vishwabheshaja-drug of choice in all diseases.

- How one drug can be useful in all diseases. For that one need to know the diseases formation process as per Ayurveda.

-Ayurveda believes that main disease causing factors are improper Digestive fire and incomplete evacuation of waste products from the body. Shunthi works both of them. 

- It improves digestion, it is carminative, antispasmodic Ginger with it's pungent taste & hot potency increases digestive fire. Hence forth Ginger is the choice of drug in the diseases caused due to weak digestive fire

- Ginger with it's pungent taste clears the coating of tongue & throat and enhances taste perception of the person

- Ginger juice with honey is useful in runny nose, Asthma, Cough & Anorexia

- Ardraka + Rock salt when consumed before food, it cleanses tongue. removes stickiness of mouth & improves taste it clears the Kapha dosha in Respiratory tract which is causing obstruction in channel.

👉🏻 Dosage-

Juice - 3-10ml

Powder - 750mg - 1.5gm

👉🏻 Chemical composition -

Rhizome contains :

Aromatic Oil

Starch

Fat

Fiber

Zingiberene

Gingerol

Ginger

Zingerone

👉🏻 Effect of Ginger and its constituents:-

- Ginger stimulates saliva and can make your mouth feel fresh for long. Chew a piece of fresh ginger slowly. Do it several times in a day.

- You can drink 2-3 cups of ginger tea mixed with honey to stimulate your glands.

- Ginger is directly indicated in Amavata, grossly compared to rheumatoid arthritis. 

- Hence, people with RA are recommended to included ginger in diet on regular basis.

- Zingiberaceae extracts are clinically effective hypoalgesic agents and the available data show a better safety profile than non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs.

- Standardised extract of ginger and artichoke significantly promoted gastric emptying in healthy volunteers.

- Aroma-massage therapy with ginger and orange oil have potential as an alternative method for short-term knee pain relief.

- Daily administration of 1,000 mg ginger reduces serum triglyceride concentration, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in peritoneal dialysis patients.

- Zingiber officinale reduces acute chemotherapy-induced nausea.

- Ginger and Vitamin B6 are both effective in treating nausea and vomiting in pregnancy

- Ginger extract reduces delayed gastric emptying and nosocomial pneumonia in adult respiratory distress syndrome patients hospitalised in an intensive care unit.

- Ginger has a therapeutic effect on motion sickness

- Ginger has reduces symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee.

- Ginger is as effective as mefenamic acid and ibuprofen in relieving pain in women with primary dysmenorrrhea

- The herbal remedies examined had significantly beneficial effects on cholesterol in T2D patients

- Ginger syrup may be effective as an antiemetic in early pregnancy.

- 6-gingerol a component of ginger is extensively metabolised in H-1299 human lung cancer cells

- 6-gingerol may be useful in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

- 6-Shogaol, a compound found within ginger, exerts a strong anti-inflammatory activity against urate crystal-induced inflammation.

👉🏻 Contraindications -

Fresh ginger is contraindicated in -

Kushta (Skin diseases) 

Pandu (Aneamia)

Raktapitta (Bleeding disorders) 

Grishma and sharad rutu (Summer & Autumn)