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Crude drug name | Market name | Bansa kala |
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| Formal name | Sahacara | |
Other names Tips！ | Piabansa (T), Kantajati (B), Jhinti, Katsareya (H), Karuntaka, Mullugorante (K), Shemmuli, Karimkurunni (M), Mullugoranta (Te), Kattukanakambaram, Shemmuli (Ta), Katukarandu (Sin), Kala bansa (Delhi) | |
| Original plant name | Barleria prionitis Linn. | |
| Family name | Acanthaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | whole plant |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 12078 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Sahacara | |||
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| Synonyms | Saireyaka, Jhindi, Svetapuspa, Katasarika | ||||
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| Original plant name | Barleria prionitis Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Acanthaceae | ||||
| Used part | Roots, Leaves | ||||
| Distribution area | Throughout the hotter parts of India; also cultivated commonly as hedge plant in gardens. | ||||
| Remarks | Common. | ||||
| Common uses | The plant has antiseptic properties. This is used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, especially those of skin. Its decoction is used as a wash in dropsy. Roots are used as a febrifuge. As a decoction they are employed as a mouthwash to relieve toothache and as a paste they are applied over boils and glandular swellings. Fresh juice of the bark is diaphoretic and expectorant and is given in anasarca. Dried bark is given in whooping cough. Leaves and flowering tops are rich in soluble potassium salts and are valued as a diuretic. Leaf juice, mixed with honey or sugar is given to children in fevers and catarrh. It is also given in urinary and paralytic affections and stomach disorders. Leaf juice is often applied to lacerated soles of feet in the wet season; with coconut oil it is applied on the face for pimples. Fresh leaves are crushed and tied on the wounds caused by sharp edged tools. They are also used for rheumatic pains and itch. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Kustha (skin diseases), Vatasra (arthritic conditions), Kandu (itching), Visa (poison), Sopha (swelling), Trsna (thirst), Vidaha (burning sensation). | ||||
| Chemical constituent | - Leaves and stems are reported to contain iridoid glucosides-acetyl barlerin, barlerin and shanzhiside methyl ester. - Flowers contain flavone glucoside scutellarin-7-neohespeidoside. - The plant also contains beta-sitosterol. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Tikta (Bitter), Madhura (Sweet) | |||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | ||||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Unctuous) | ||||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Katu (Pungent) | ||||
| Karma (General action) | Kesya (good for hair), Agnidiptikara (increases digestive fire), Vrsya (aphrodisiac), Balya (good for strength). | ||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha Vata | ||||
| Avayava (Action on organ) | Kesya (good for hair), Dantahita (good for teeth) | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. Oil of Sahacara (Barleria prionitis) should be taken in acute stage of cyst in blood vessels. 2. Oil cooked with decoction of Sahacara, Devadaru (Cedrus deodara) and Sunthi (dry ginger) is useful in rheumatism. 3. Root of Sahacara and Jivanti (Leptadenia reticulata) pounded with goat's milk and mixed with ghee should be applied as paste. Similarly the paste of Tila (sesamum) fried dipped in milk and then pounded is useful for arthritic conditions. 4. Root of Sahacara mixed with honey should be given with rice water for rat poisoning. 5. If the woman takes the root of Sahacara rubbed with water and also eats meat of iguana, her foetus develops rapidly. 6. In erysipelas caused by Kapha, the paste of Khadira (Acacia catechu), Saptaparna (Alstonia scholaris), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), Aragvadha (Cassia fistula), Sahacara, Devadaru should be applied. 7. Sahacara is one of the ingredients of "Kusadya ghrta" (a formulation) used for calculus. 8. In pterygium after operation the eye should be sprinkled with Haridra (turmeric), Daruharidra (Berberis aristata), Lodhra (Symplocos racemosa), Patola (Trichosanthes cucumerina), Madhuyasti (liquorice), Palasa (Butea monosperma), flower buds of Sahacara mixed with honey. 9. Oil 160 ml should be cooked with 640 ml of milk and juice of Saireyaka, Bhrngaraja (Eclipta abla) and Tulasi (Ocimum sanctum) along with paste of Madhuyasti 40 gm and then kept in a stony container or sheep horn. This is used for grey hairs. | ||||
| Formulation | Kusadya ghrta, Sahacaradi kasaya, Sahacaradi taila | ||||
| Related drugs | 1. Barleria dichotoma Roxb. 2. Barleria cristata L. 3. Barleria strigosa L. 4. Nilgirianthus ciliatus (Nees) Bremek. 5. Ecbolium viride (Forsk.) Alston | ||||
| Comments | This is used as one of the candidates for Sahacara. Yellow variety is called Kurantaka, Red - Kurambhaka, Blue - Bana. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement pp 33-34. 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 322. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi pp 402-407. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 212. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 185-186. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 395. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/01/12 | ||||
