Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Ativisha |
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| Formal name | Ativisa | |
Other names Tips！ | Atividayan (Sin), Ataicha (B), Atis (H), Ativisha (K), Ativitayam (M), Ativasa (Te), Ativadayam (Ta) | |
| English name | Atis Root | |
| Original plant name | Aconitum heterophyllum Wall., Atis Root | |
| Family name | Ranunculaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Collection information | India, Udupi, Karnataka , U.Venkatesh Jogoppa Shanbhag & Sons | |
| Collection date | 2011/09/16 | |
| Collector | Katsuko Komatsu, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 27477 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Ativisa, Atis Root | ||||
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| Synonyms | Ghunavallabha, Ghunesta, Ghunapriya, Srngika, Suklakanda, Visam, Upavisam, Visva, Madri, Svetakanda, Bhangura, Virupa, Syamakanda, Visvarupa, Mahausadhi, Vira, Prativisa, Ardra, Svetavaca, Aruna. | |||||
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| Original plant name | Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. | |||||
| Family name | Ranunculaceae | |||||
| Used part | Root | |||||
| Distribution area | It occurs in India in the West temperate regions of the Himalaya. It does not grow in Ceylon. | |||||
| Common uses | Roots are acrid, bitter, expectorant, stomachic, digestive and tonic and are used in the treatment of diarrhoea/diarrhea, dysentery, bilious complaints, stomach disorders, hysteria, throat diseases fever, malarial fever, internal inflammatory conditions, haemorrhoids/hemorrhoids, haemorrhages/hemorrhages, helminthiasis, general debility and vomiting in children. It is also given for intermittent and paroxysmal fevers and as a tonic in convalescence. They are highly recommended for diseases in children. | |||||
| Therapeutic uses | Jvara (fever), Ama (indigestion), Atisara (diarrhoea/diarrhea), Kasa (cough), Visa (poisoning), Chardi (vomiting), Krmi (worm infestation), Pittodara (udara due to Pitta vitiation), Pinasa (cold). | |||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent) | ||||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | |||||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Ruksa (Dry) | |||||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Katu (Pungent) | |||||
| Karma (General action) | Dipani (appetiser), Pacani (digestive), Grahi (constipative). | |||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases all three dosas | |||||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Grahi (constipative) | |||||
| Traditional usage | 1. Ghee cooked with Ativisa (Aconitum heterophyllum) along with milk of cow etc. is beneficial as intake or snuff in case of poisoning. 2. The paste of Ativisa taken with honey is efficacious in rat poisoning. 3. In case of cough, fever and vomiting in children, Ativisa is given singly with honey or combined with Karkatasrngi (Pistacia integerrima) and Pippali (Piper longum). 4. Ativisavaleha containing Ativisa along with Bilva (Aegle marmelos), Mocarasa (Salmalia malabarica), Lodhra (Symplocos racemosa), mango seeds check diarrhoea/diarrhea. 5. Liquid gruel processed with Ativisa, sours and Sunthi (dry ginger) is efficacious in diarrhea with indigestion. 6. In grahani roga (intestinal disorder), decoction of Ativisa, Sunthi (dry ginger) and Musta should be given to digest undigested morbid matter. | |||||
| Formulation | Ativisadi curna, Balacaturbhadra. | |||||
| Comments | Ativisa is included in Arsoghna, Lekhaniya gana by Caraka. Susruta includes it in Pippalyadi, Vacadi and Mustadi gana. Its name ativisa means that it is nonpoisonous even being in the group of poisonous drugs. Its synonym Ghunesta, Ghunavallabha mean that it gets infected with worms fast. Suklakanda means that its rhizome is whitish in colour. Bhangura means it breaks easily. As it is grown mostly in Kashmir it is called kasmira. Srngi means that its root bears resemblance with horn. | |||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 1 (Repr.1996), pp 42-46. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay p 25. Medicinal plants (Indigenous and exotic) used in Ceylon, Vols. 1-5, 1982. Jayaweera, D.M.A., The National Science Council of Sri Lanka, Colombo Vol. 4, p 237. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 355-357. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi pp 10-11. | ||||
| Remarks | In Ceylon, Cryptocorine sp. are used as substitute. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2023/11/02 | |||||
