Pippali, prishniparni, punarnava, pushkaramoola

Detailed Dravyas for BAMS students

1. Pippali , Prishniparni , Pushkaramoola,Punarnava Detailed Dravyas For BAMS students Dr. Remya Krishnan

2. Pippali Piper longum Piperaceae Kana, Krishna,Kola , Chapala, Tikshna Tandula , Magadhi , Vaidehi , ushna Charaka : Deepaniya , Kanthya , Asthapanopaga , Shirovirechana,Seeta prashamana , Soola prashamana Susrutha : Pippalyadi , Oordhwabhagahara , Thryushna , Amalakyadi , Shirovirechana Vagbhata : Pippalyadi Agrya : Pleehamaye pippali

3. Varieties &Morphology Pippali and Gaja Pippali ( Susruta and Vagbhata ) Raja nighantu-Pippali , Gaja pippali , Simhali Pippali , Vana Pippali An aromatic slender climberwith creeping jointed stems attached to other plants Leaves are subacute , entire , glabrous,cordate at the base Flowers in pendulate spikes , straight, male larger and slender, Yellowish orange fruit sunk in fleshy spikes

4. Chemical constituents Useful part – Fruit, root Chemical constituents – essential oil, mono and sesquiterpenes , caryuophyllene , piperene,piplartine,piperlongumine,piperlonguminine , pipercide , betasitosterol

5. Self work Notes on RP, DK, BK and RK Write the different Kalpanas based on reference Write why Pippali should not be used for long ( Charaka Vimana – 1 ) The difference in dynamics of Ardra and shushka pippali Dosage powder – 0.5- 1 gm Yogas – Pippalyadi ghrita , Pippalyasava,Vyoshadi vati etc

6. Pippalimoola Root of Pippali Granthikam , Ooshanam , Kana moola Under Dipaniya and Sula prashamana groups , Pippali and Pippalimoola together are mentioned Constituents : essential oil, Piperene,cepharadiones etc “ Pippaleemoolam deepaneeya pachaneeya anaha prashamananam ”

7. “ Katooshnam pippaleemoolam shleshma sanghata nashanam Vatocchetthi haram hanthi krimi vahnideeptikrit ”( Dha . Ni) Dosage Powder -0.5-1 gm Yoga – Panchakola kashaya Rasa – Katu Guna - Laghu , rooksha Veerya - Ushna Vipaka – Katu Self work : Write BK, DK and RK based on reference

8. Prishniparni Desmodium gangeticum Pappilonaceae Prithakparni Charaka – Angamardda prashamana , Sotha hara , balya,snehopaga , madhura skandha Susruta - Vidareegandhadi , Laghu panchamoola Vagbhata - Vidaryadi , Durvadi gana

9. Morphology An erect diffusely branched undershrub , 90-120 cms in height with a short woody stem and numerous prostrate branches provided with soft grey hairs Unifoliate leaves, ovate to ovate lanceolate membraneous and mottled with grey patches White flowers purple or lilac in elongate lax , terminal or axillary racemes Fruits moniliform , 6-8 jointed glabrescent pods

10. Chemical constituents Useful part : Root Chemical constituents- NN Dimethyl Tryptamine , Hypaphorine , Hordenine , Caudicine , Gangetin 3H

11. Self work Notes on RP, DK, BK and RK Kwatha dosage – 50-100 ml Yogas – Vaanari Gutika

12. Punarnava Boerhavia diffusa Nyctaginaceae Kathillaka , Varshabhu , Sothaghni Charaka – Vayasthapana , Kasahara,Anuvasanopaga , swedopaga

13. Varieties Kayyadeva – Shwetha Kantakari , Neela Kantakari Raja nighantu – Eight varieties : Sarpatanu , Kasaghni,Lakshmana , Bhantaki,Sveta Brihati , Vrinthaki , Brihati , Kantakari

14. Varities & Morphology Rakta and Shweta Punarnava Shvetha Punarnava is Trianthema portulacastrum . In Raja nighantu , there is another variety Nila Punarnava

15. Morphology A perennial creeping herb with woody stout root and diffuse branches. Opposite leaves, broadly obovate , unequally paired . Solitary flowers ,white or pinkish, tubular calyx Fruits are capsules containing one seed Reniform dull black seeds

16. Chemical constituents Useful part – Whole plant Chemical constituents- Hentriacontane , Beta sitosterol , Oxalic acid , Punarnavoside , Punarnavine-1 , Punarnavine 2

17. Dosage – Fresh juice – 5-10 ml Yogas – Kantakari ghrita , Vasakantakari Avaleha , Vyaghri Hareethaki , Vyaghritaila .

18. Pushkaramoola Inula racemosa Asteraceae Paushkaram , Pushkaram Adulterant : Coffea travancorensis root Charaka – Shwasa hara , hikka nigrahana Susrutha – Phala varga Vagbhata – Hidhma nigrahana , Shwasa shamaka Agrya - Pushkaramoolam Hikka shwasa parshwa soola haraanaam

19. Morphology A stout herb upto 1.5 mtrs in height with rough grooved stem Leaves – Simple , alternate , radical or cauline , crenate, leathery, rough above, densely hairy beneath , yellow flowers, many in heads , outer bracts broad with triangular tips , recurved , inner bracts linear , sharp , pointed Fruits Slender achenes with red pappus Fresh root is brown externally and white internally

20. Chemical constituents Useful part – Root Chemical constituents – Inuline , Alantolactone,Beta sitosterol , Isoalantolactone and its glucosides

21. Self study Write RP, DK, RK, BK Dosage powder –1-3 gms Pushkara moolasava , Pushkaradi choorna , Brihat yogaraja