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DISTRIBUTION
Masha is a native of India and is cultivated as a major pulse crop almost
throughout India (Cooke, 1967). The major producing areas are Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab,
Haryana, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,
Orissa, Assam, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka and in some parts
of Delhi (Anonymous, 1976). Cultivated to some extent in Nepal (Watt,
1972; Chatterjee and Pakrashi, 1992).
PART(S) USED
Seed, root, whole plant (Sharma, 1978; B.N., 1982).
ACTIONS AND USES
The seeds are sweet, emollient, demulcent, thermogenic, diuretic,
antitpyretic, aphrodisiac, tonic, nutritious, galactagogue, appetizer,
laxative and nervine tonic (Nadkarni, 1976; Kirtikar and Basu, 1933). It is
used in dysentery, diarrhoea, cystitis, paralysis, piles, internally and
externally in gastric cattarh, rheumatism, affections of liver, in form of
decoction and poultice in gastritis (Anonymous, 1996). The roots are
narcotic and are used for aching bones, abscesses and inflammations
(Chatterjee and Pakrashi, 1992; Chopra et al., 1958).
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa – Madhura (S.S.Su.46.34; A.H.Su.6.21).
Guna – Guru, Snigdha (S.S.Su.46.34; A.H.Su.6.21).
Vipaka – Madhura (S.S.Su.46.34; A.H.Su.6.21).
Veerya – Ushna (S.S.Su.46.34; A.H.Su.6.21).
Doshaghnata – Vatashamaka (S.S.Su.46.34), Kaphapittashamka
(A.H.Su.6.21) (Sharma, 1978; B.N., 1982).
Karma – Snigdha, Ruchya, Rochana, Vataghna, Sransana, Santarpana,
Balya, Shukrala, Brihhana, Malabhedana, Vedanasthapana, Nadibalya,
Madaka, Purishajanana, Shoolaprashamana, Yakriduttejaka, Mootrala,
Vrishya, Stanyajanana, Artavajanana, Indriyaprasadana, Jeevaneeya,
Medovardhana (S.S.Su.46.34; A.H.Su.6.21) (Sharma, 1978; B.N., 1982).
Rogaghnata – Stanyalpata, Vatavyadhi (C.S.Su.3.18; C.S.Ci.28. 111;
29.104, ), Nadidaurbalya (C.S.Ci.28.97), Sandhivata, Pakshaghata,
Karnanada, Ardita (C.S.Ci.26.155; C.S.Ci.29.104), Aruchi, Vibandha,
Udarashoola, Yakridvikara (C.S.Ci.28.173), Arsha (C.S.Ci.14.10),
Bastishotha, Mootrakrichchhra (C.S.Ci.28.173), Shukradaurbalya, Klaibya
(C.S.Ci.2-4.28), Jwara (A.H.Ci.1.140; C.S.Ci.3.267), Kushtha (S.S.Ci.9.4;
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