aparajita.pptx

ayurvedic description of clitoria ternetia

1. MMM GOVT.AYURVED COLLEGE,UDAIPUR PRESENTED BY- Dr.Vipin kumar yadav Dravya guna vigyan APARAJITA

2. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SYNONYMS CLASSIFICATION MORPHOLOGY RASPANCHAK CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS USEFUL PART AND DOSE SPECIFIC FORMULATION THEREPEUTIC USES REFERENCES

3. INTRODUCTION Botanical name - Clitoria ternatea Family - Leguminoceae OR Fabaceae

4. SYNONYMS Asphota (due to spreading nature ) Girikarni (due to leaves ressembles like girikarn means small rat) Visnukranta Sankhapuspi (due to medhya karma) Sephanda Sveta Maha sveta .

5. MORPHOLOGY It is a perennial climber.

6. Leaves- pinnate 5-9 foliolate

7. Flowers- showy, blue or white, petals unequal, style bearded below the stigma

8. Fruits- pods, linear, compressed. Seeds- 6-10, black (Flowers in rainy season and fruits in winter).

9. RASPANCHAK Rasa - Katu , Tikta , Kasaya Guna - Laghu , Rüksa Virya - Sita Vipãka - Katu  Karma - Tridosahara , Medhya , Visaghna , Chakusya

10. CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS flavonol glycosides Kaempferol Myricetin Taxaxerol Root - 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)

11. USEFUL PART & DOSE Part Used— Root/root bark, seeds Dosage— Root powder - I-3g Seed powder - 1-2g

12. Therapeutic Uses Dañta süla - Root of Aparãjita along with Marica is kept in the mouth ( Vai . Ma.). Sotha - Paste of Girikarnikã leaves is used Externally / orally (V.S.) Manasaroga - Root of white flowered Aparãjitã is pounded with rice-water and used as Nasya by mixing with ghee (R. M.).  

13. SPECIFIC FORMULATIONS Garbhpal Ras -  fever, bleeding during pregnancy. It is also used in puerperal care. Vataraktantak Ras - gout, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis