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Crude drug name | Market name | Sheto dubu |
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| Formal name | Niladurva | |
Other names Tips！ | Durba, Dubh, Dubla (B), Dhub, Hariali (H), Kudigarikai, Garikaihallu (K), Gericha gaddi, Harvai (Te), Arguam-pullu, Hariali (Ta), Dubo, Panja, Deto dubo, Situ (N) | |
| English name | Dhub Grass, Bermua or Bahama Grass | |
| Original plant name | Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Dhub Grass, Bermua or Bahama Grass | |
| Family name | Gramineae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | whole plant |
| Collection information | Kingdom of Nepal, Kathmandu | |
| Collection date | 1963/11/25 | |
| TMPW No. | 8463 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Niladurva, Dhub Grass, Bermua or Bahama Grass | ||
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| Synonyms | Sataparva, Sitalata, Sitavirya, Sadvala, Asita, Harita, Nila, Sitahvaya, Golomi, Satavalli, Sambhavi, Syama, Santa, Satagranthi, Puta, Anusnavallika, Siva, Sivesta, Mangala, Jaya, Subhaga, Bhutahantri, Mahausadhi, Amrta, Vijaya, Gauri. | |||
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| Original plant name | Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. | |||
| Family name | Gramineae | |||
| Used part | Whole plant | |||
| Distribution area | The grass grows throughout India ascending upto 8000 feet. | |||
| Remarks | Common. | |||
| Common uses | The plant is astringent, sweet, acrid, cooling, haemostatic/hemostatic, depurative, vulnerary, constipating, diuretic and tonic. It is useful in the treatment of hyperdispsia, burning sensation, haemoptysis/hemoptysis, haematuria/hematuria, epistaxis, erysipelas, leprosy, skin diseases, fresh cuts, wounds, vomiting, diarrhoea/diarrhea, dysentery, strangury, colporrhagia, abortion, biliousness, bad taste in the mouth, hallucinations, catarrhal ophthalmia, dropsy and anasarca, hysteria, epilepsy, insanity, fatigue, fever, and general debility. Grass is prescribed in compound decoctions with more active drugs for the cure of dysentery, menorrhagia, etc. A preparation of the plant is applied in parasitic diseases which attacks the spaces between the toes. Roots crushed and mixed with curds are use in cases of chronic gleet. A cold infusion often stops bleeding piles. Rhizomes and roots are used as adulterants and substitutes for couch grass (Agropyron repens Beauv.) rhizomes used in genito-urinary disorders. | |||
| Therapeutic uses | Daha (burning sensation), Visarpa (erysepalas), Jvara (fever), Trsna (thrist), Tvagamaya (skin diseases), Arocaka (anorexia), Murccha (syncope), Grahabadha (ill effects of invisible forces) , Raktapitta (Pitta vitiating blood), Atisara (diarrhoea/diarrhea) | |||
| Chemical constituent | - Analysis of green grass gave the following average composition (on dry matter basis): crude protein, 10.47; fibre, 28.17; N-free extr., 47.81; ether extr., 1.80; and total ash, 11.75%. - The mineral constituents of the ash are: ash sol. in HCl, 5,60; CaO, 0.77; P2O5, 0.59; MgO, 0.34; NaO 0.23; and K2O, 2.08%. - The digestible nutrients per 100 lb. of dry material are: crude proteins, 6.04; carbohydrates, 36.16; ether extr., 0.38; total, 43.05 lb; nutritive ratio, 6.1; and starch equivalent, 28.7. | |||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Kasaya (Astringent), Madhura (Sweet) | ||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | |||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light) | |||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Madhura (Sweet) | |||
| Karma (General action) | Ruciprada (improves taste), Jivani (imparts longevity), Raktasuddhikari (purifies blood), Sramadhvamsana (removes tiredness), Trptida (induces satisfaction). | |||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha, Pitta | |||
| Traditional usage | 1. One should take Durva (Cynadon dactylon) and white Girikarnika (Clitorea ternatea) mixed with honey in intrinsic haemorrhages/hemorrhages. Moreover, Kharjura (dates) fruit and similar fruits should be taken mixed with honey. 2. To check haemorrhage, juice of grape, sugarcane, Durva, Yavasa (Alhagi camelorum) root, onion and milk should be used as snuff. 3. Anointment of ghee cooked with Durva and the same washed hundred or thousand times as well as cool air of fan checks haemorrhage. 4. Ghee cooked with Durva promotes healing of wound. 5. Oil cooked with Durva juice or Kampillaka (Mallotus philippinensis) is an excellent remedy for wound healing. 6. Oil should be cooked with four times juice of Durva. By local application, it alleviates scabies and eczema. 7. Paste of Durva and Haridra removes scabies, eczema, worms, ringworm and urticaria. 8. Durva taken with rice water checks vomiting. 9. In ulcers, its paste is useful. 10. Blue variety is said to remove dosas from siras (head) when used in the form of nasal medication. Hence it is useful in cold and headache. | |||
| Formulation | Durvadi taila, Durvadya ghrta, Durvadi kvatha. | |||
| Comments | Sataparva indicates that it has many roots. In the Nighantus, two types of Durva have been described as Sveta and Nila. Sveta is said to be better for medicinal uses. In the nighantus, there is one more variety called Gandadurva has been described which is actually a different plant. | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 2 (Repr.1997), pp 289-292. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 49. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 579-581. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 195. Indian Medicinal Plants (Second Edition), Vols. 1-5, 1993. Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu. B.D., Periodical Experts Book Agency, Delhi Vol. 4, pp 2689-2692. | ||
| Remarks | In Unani system the plant is bitterish, vulnerary and expectorant. It is useful in vomiting, diarrhoea, cobra bite, burning sensation, diseases of the blood, stomatitis, epistaxis, bruises, biliousness and hiccough. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2023/12/13 | |||
