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Crude drug name | Market name | SANKHANAVI |
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| Formal name | Sankha | |
Other names Tips！ | Senkh (B), Sankha (H), Shankha (K)), Shankha (M), Senkham (Te), Sangu (Ta) | |
| English name | Conch, Conch Shell | |
| Original plant name | Turbenella rapa, Conch, Conch Shell | |
| Used part | Classification | Animal origin | Sub classification | shellfish |
| Collection information | India, Kolkata, West Bengal , Dr. Alok Kumar Daw | |
| Collection date | 2000/12/19 | |
| Collector | Katsuko Komatsu | |
| TMPW No. | 20558 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Sankha, Conch, Conch Shell | |||
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| Synonyms | Kambu, Sankhaka, Trirekha, Samudraja, Sunada, Dirghanada, Kamboja. | ||||
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| Original plant name | Turbenella rapa | ||||
| Used part | Purified bhasma | ||||
| Distribution area | Indian ocean coasts. | ||||
| Common uses | This drug is anodyne, carminative, digestive and astringent. The drug is used for earache, ulcers and for eye troubles and internally for dysentery, gonorrhoea/gonorrhea, colic, dyspepsia and jaundice. Flesh is demulcent, cardiac stimulant, nutritious and phlegmatic. Flesh is used in phthisis and abdominal tumours/tumors. Sankha bhasma or conch shell ash (silicate of magnesia) is prepared by soaking the shell in lime juice and calcining the covered crucibles ten to twelve times and finally reducing to powder (ash). It is an ingredient of a compound pill called Sankha vati which is used in dyspepsia and acid urine as also irritability of the intestines as in diarrhoea/diarrhea, chronic dysentery etc. A preparation called Kaphaketu Rasa containing conch shell lime is useful in catarrh, sore throat, cough, asthma, discharges from ears, nose, etc. It is used as an expectorant, a resolvent of the phlegm and febrifuge. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Grahani roga (sprue syndrome), Agnimandya (loss of appetite), Tarunya pidaka (acne), Visa (poisoning) | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Katu (Pungent) | |||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | ||||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Ruksa (Dry), Tiksna (Sharp) | ||||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Katu (Pungent) | ||||
| Karma (General action) | Grahi (constipative), Varnya (improves complexion), Dipana (increases digestive fire), Balya (improves strength). | ||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha Vata | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. When consumed with Visvabhesaja (ginger) it increases digestive fire. 2. When taken with Tryusana* (a group of three pungents) it alleviates "agnimandya" (loss of appetite). --- Tryusana*, a group of three pungents, i.e., Pippali, Marica and Sunthi. It supports digestion and the overall gastric function. | ||||
| Formulation | Sankha vati, Candrodaya varti, Kaphaketu | ||||
| Comments | P.V. Sharma has identified with Turbinella pyrum scientifically instead of T. rapa. Its synonym samudraja means it is derived from sea. Sunada and dirghanada means it is possible to create a peculiar sound through it. Sankha should be used only after purification. In Rasatantra, there are two varieties of Sankha mentioned. They are daksinavarta and vamavarta based on the directions of the whorls inside. Daksinavarta is said to be preferable for worshipping. It is said to be tridosaghna (pacifies all dosas) and daridranasana (removes poverty). Vamavarta is available easily and hence used for marana (making of bhasma) and medicine. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 2, pp 164-165. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 3, pp 60-61. Rasatarangini, Sri.Kasinatha Sastri, 1979, Motilal Banarasidas, Varanasi p 285. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/01/12 | ||||
