🔘 ARAGWADHA

 

ARAGWADHA:-

👉🏻Basonym of Drug :

- Completely cures ailments.

👉🏻Synonyms :

- Krutmal:- When floweringa the tree looks adorned with garlands .

- Dhirghaphala Fruit are long.

- Rajavruksha:- Regarded as king of tree oving to its beauty .

- Pragraha:- Liked by people as it is beautiful .

- Aamha:- Relieves ama .

- Aarevata:- Expels mala from the body .

- Jwarantaka:- Relieves from fever .

- Vyadhighata :- Useful in many diseases .

👉🏻 Regional Name:

• English: Purging casia

• Hindi: Amaltas

• Guarati: Garmalo

• Kannada: Kakki kayi

• Malayalam: Konna

• Marathi: Bawa

👉🏻 Botanical Name: Cassia fistula

👉🏻 Family: Caesalpinaceae

👉🏻 Classification Of Dravya:

• Charaka – Kusthaghna , Kandughna

• Sushruta – Aragwadhdi gana , Shyamadii gana 

• Bhavaprakash Nighantu – Haritakyadi varga 

👉🏻Kula : Puti karanja kula

👉🏻 Habitat :Gros all over India and as it is a beautiful plant it iscultivated in gardens .

👉🏻External Morphology:

      

1. Root : Tap root 

2. Leaf :

a. Type: Compound 

b. Phyllotaxy: Altarnate

c. Shape: Oblong with polvinus at base 

d. Tip: Acut 

e. Margin: Entire 

f. Surface: Glabrous 

3. Inflorescence: Long axillary pendulous racemes 

4. Flower : Complete , bisexual , yellow colour with long pedicals 

a. Calyx :5

b. Corolla :5

c. Androecium :10

d. Gynoecium : Monocarpellary 

e. Ovary :Superior 

5. Fruit : Legume 

6. Seed :Flat Embedded 

👉🏻Types :

• According to Dhan. Ni. & Ra. Ni. – 

1. Aragwadha , 2.Karnikara  

👉🏻Useful Parts : Fruit 

👉🏻Important Phytoconstituents :

- Pod pulp – Anthraquinone , Sucrose , Lingnoceric acid , Amino acids.

- Root bark – Anthraquinone , Derivates , Sennoside A & B , Fistucacidin , 

- Stem bark & leaves – Rhein glycoside  

👉🏻 Rasa Panchaka :

Rasa :Madhura , Tikta , Kasaya (for flower)

Guna : Guru , snigdha / Laghu , Sara from Karnikara

Virya : Sita , Usna

Vipaka : Madhura 

Dosha karma : Vata Pitta samaka & Ptta Kapha samsodhaka

👉🏻Karma : 

- Phala – Sramasana , Sulahara , Rucya , Kostha suddhikara , Krimighna , Pramehaghna , Jwaraghna 

- Leaf – Meda visosaka , Virecaka 

- Flower - Grahi

Phala majja is best Sramsaka.

👉🏻Prayogartha Vyadhi [Therapeutic Indications] : 

- Phala – Jwara , Hrdroga ,Raktapitta , Udavarta , Kustha krimi prameha ,Mutrakrchra , Gulma

- Leaf - Medoroga

👉🏻Amayika Prayoga [Therapeutic Administration] :

1. Prameha:- Aragwadha kasaya is best for haridra meha 

2. Kustha:- Triturate leaves of Aragwadha and Kakamahi with buttermilk the paste thus obtained is applied over skin lesions.

3. Amavata:- Leaves of Aragwadha are fried with mustard oil . These leaves are chewed after evening meal .

4. Visarpa:- Paste of Aragwadha leaves and Slesmataka bark is mixed with ghee and applied in all types of Visarpa .

👉🏻 Matra [Dose] : 

- Bija curna – 3-6g

- Mula twak kwatha – 10-15ml

- Puspa swarasa – 05-10 ml

- Phala majja – 10-20g

👉🏻Vishishta Yoga [Name Of Important Formulation] :

- Aragwadhadyarista 

- Aragwadhadi avleha 

- Aragwadha ghrta 

- Aragwadha kasaya 

- Aragwadhadi taila 

- Mahamanistadi kwatha .