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Crude drug name | Market name | Bidhari gandha |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Vidari | |
Other names Tips！ | Bidari kanda (T), Shimmeya (B), Bidari kanda, Sural (H), Dari, Bidrerakanda (K), Mutukku (M), Dari, Darigummadi (Te), Barali kund, Biralimando (N), Kiribadu (Sin) | |
| English name | Indian Kudzu | |
| Original plant name | Pueraria tuberosa DC., Indian Kudzu | |
| Family name | Leguminosae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | tuber |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 11963 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Vidari, Indian Kudzu | |||
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| Synonyms | Sukla, Vrsya, Vrsyakanda, Vrsyalata, Svadumati, Srgalika, Svadukanda, Krostri, Sita, Vidali, Vrsyavallika, Bhukusmandi, Svadulata, Gajesta, Varivallabha, Kandaphala, Manusankhyahvaya, Iksuvidari, Kusmandaki, Kandavalli, Vrksakanda, Palasika, Kandapalasa, Srestakandaka, Gajavajipriya, Mrgoli, Krsnavallika. | ||||
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| Original plant name | Pueraria tuberosa DC. | ||||
| Family name | Leguminosae | ||||
| Used part | Tuberous roots | ||||
| Distribution area | West Himalayas, tropical zone, ascending to 4000 feet in Kumaon hills of Western Peninsula and Orissa. | ||||
| Common uses | Roots are sweet, refrigerant, laxative, aphrodisiac, galactogogue, diuretic, rejuvenating, cardiotonic, emetic, expectorant and tonic. They are useful in burning sensation, constipation, strangury, emaciation, intermittent fevers, pharyngitis, dyspepsia, arthritis, cardiac debility, leprosy, tuberculosis, agalactia, hepatosplenomegaly, spermatorrhoea/spermatorrhea, general debility, swelling and cough. Roots are said to be used in medicine as a demulcent and refrigerant in fevers. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Sukradaurbalya (loss of libido), Ksaya (debility), Asrapitta (vitiation of blood by Pitta), Daha (burning sensation), Vanti (vomiting), Svarabheda (hoarseness of voice), Vibandha (constipation), Sukrameha (a kind of meha), Mutrakrcchra (dysuria), Sosa (wasting). | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | Tubers have been reported to have significant contraceptive effect in rats. Ethanolic extracts of the tubers and its n-butanol and pre-puerarin fractions prevented pregnancy (100%) in female rats and hamsters when administered orally on days 1-10 and 1-8 post coitum respectively chloroform fraction was also found to possess significant antifertility activity. The pure compounds viz.puerarin, diadzein and tuberosin isolated from n-butanol and chloroform fractions exhibited significant antiimplantation activity in hamsters. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Madhura (Sweet) | |||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | ||||
| Guna (Quality) | Guru (Heavy), Snigdha (Unctuous) | ||||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Madhura (Sweet) | ||||
| Karma (General action) | Vrsya (aphrodisiac), Brmhani (bulk promoting), Rasayani (rejuvenative), Mutrala (diuretic), Stanyada (galactogogue), Sukrada (increases semen), Hladani (induces satisfaction), Jivani (vitaliser), Balada (improves strength), Varnada (improves complexion), Svarya (improves voice), Dhatuvrddhikara (improves all vital elements in the body). | ||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Vata Pitta, increases Kapha | ||||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Sukrada (improves sukra dhatu) | ||||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Mutrala (diuretic) | ||||
| Avayava (Action on organ) | Kanthya (good for throat) | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. In cough due to wasting milk and ghee cooked with Vidari (Pueraria tuberosa) is very useful. 2. Milk processed with Vidari is very good in emaciation. 3. Juice of Amalaka (Phyllanthus emblica) or Vidari mixed with juice of Trayamana (Gentiana kurroo) and Draksa (raisins) and sugar removes biliary colic immediately. 4. Vidari tuber should be used like Varahi (Dioscorea sp.) tuber. Then it promotes strength of body and mind. 5. Intake of powder of Vidari impregnated with its own juice and mixed with ghee and honey acts as aphrodisiac. 6. By taking paste of Vidari root in the dose of 10g. with boiled milk even the old becomes young. 7. Intake of powder of red rice or Vidari tuber increases the flow of breast milk. 8. Tuber of Vidari taken with wine acts as aphrodisiac. 9. Ghee and milk cooked with Vidari is useful in discoloration of urine, and dysuria. 10. Tubers of Satavari (Asparagus racemosus) and Vidari are added with profuse quantity of washed ghee should be used as external application in erysipelas. 11. Milk, oil, ghee, juice of Vidari and sugarcane and honey, all mixed together should be taken. It alleviates malarial fever. | ||||
| Formulation | Vidaryadi ghrta, Vidaryadi kasaya. | ||||
| Related drugs | Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. (Convolvulaceae) | ||||
| Comments | In classical texts one more variety of Vidari is mentioned. It is called Ksira vidari. It is botanically identified with Ipomea digitata which is also called Bhumi kusmanda. Vidari is included in Balya, Brmhaniya, Varnya, Kanthya, Snehopaga and Madhuraskandha gana by Caraka. Susruta includes it in Vidarigandhadi, Vallipancamula, Pittasamsamana gana. Its synonym sukla, sita indicate that its tubers are white in colour. Vrsya, vrsyakanda, vrsyavallika indicate that the tubers have aphrodisiac properties. Srgalika, vidali and krostri mean that it bears resemblance with fox. Gajavajipriya indicate that it is liked by elephants and horses. Krsnavallika denotes that the stem is blackish in colour. It is called ksiravidari because it exudes milky juice when incised. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 4 (Repr.1997), pp 391-395. Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi p 162. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 512. 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. 2, p 103. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 735-740. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 346. The Flora of British India - Vols. 1-7, 1872-1897. Hooker, J.D., L. Reeve & Co, Ltd, London Vol. 2, p 19. | |||
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