Database on medicinal plants used in ayurveda - AYUSH Research ...

30-75 X 3-6 cm, linear-acuminate, rigid, coriaceous, glabrous, margins
convolute, sheaths smooth with fimbriate mouth. Inflorescence panicle, 20-50
cm long, contracted, pale or greyish-white to purplish, spikelets lanceolate,
silky hairy. Flowering and Fruiting: August – January (Cooke, 1967;
Anonymous, 1996; Hooker, 1973; Anonymous, 1972; Yoganarsimhan, 1996,
2000).
DISTRIBUTION
Throughout India in the warmer parts ascending to 1800 m in the Himalayas.
Also occurs in Sri Lanka, South Europe, East Australia, Pakistan and warmer
regions of the old world (Cooke, 1967; Anonymous, 1972; Watt, 1972;
Chopra et al., 2002; Hooker, 1973; Kirtikar and Basu, 1989).
PART(S) USED
Whole plant, root, fruit (Sharma, 1978; B.N., 1982).
ACTIONS AND USES
The whole plant used as aphrodisiac and laxative. It causes soothing effect on
burning sensation, vesicle calculi, dyscrasia, haemorrhagic disorders,
strangury and tuberculosis (Chatterjee and Pakrashi, 2001; Chopra et al.,
1958). The root is diuretic and galactogogue, astringent, emollient,
refrigerant, diuretic, lithotriptic, haemostatic and tonic (Annonymous, 1996).
It is useful in, dysentery, galactia, pthisis and general debility (Kirtikar and
Basu, 1989).
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa – Madhura, Tikta Kashaya.
Guna – Laghu, Snigdha.
Vipaka – Madhura.
Veerya – Sheeta (Sharma, 1978; B.N., 1982).
Doshghnata – Pittanashaka (A.H.Su.6.171), Vata Pittashamaka (Sharma,
1978; B.N., 1982).
Karma –Ashmaribhedana (S.S.Su.38.11; A.H.Su.15.24), Shukrashodhaka
(S.S.Su.38.75), Stanyajanana (C.S.Su.4-9.17), Vrishya, Vajeekarana
(A.H.U.40.12), Pittahara, Shramahara, Mootravirechaneeya (C.S.Su.4-
9.35), Dahaprashamana, Balya, Raktapittashamaka, (Sharma, 1978; B.N.,
1982).
Rogaghnata – Raktapitta (C.S.Ci.4.102; S.S.Su.38.75), Mootrakrichchhra,
Ashamari (C.S.Ci.26.49; S.S.Su.38.11; S.S.Ci.7.9; A.H.Su.15.24;
A.H.Ci.11.22), Daha (C.S.Su.3.26), Raktadosha, Shosha (S.S.Su.38.75),
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