Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Siwiya |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Chavya | |
Other names Tips！ | Siviya-wel (Sin), Chai (B), Chab (H), Chavya (K), Kaattumulaku (M), Chaikama (Te), Kattumilagu (Ta) | |
| English name | Wild Pepper | |
| Original plant name | Piper brachystachyum Wall., Wild Pepper | |
| Family name | Piperaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | stem |
| Collection information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura , Anuradhapura Aushadhalaya | |
| Collection date | 1980/01/25 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 6333 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Cavya, Wild Pepper | ||
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| Synonyms | Vandhya, Maricalata, Cavika, Kolavalli, Vanam, Vanajam. | |||
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| Original plant name | Piper brachystachyum Wall. | |||
| Family name | Piperaceae | |||
| Used part | Root, Fruit | |||
| Distribution area | This plant is cultivated in India, Ceylon and Malay islands. It is a native of Java and Sumatra. | |||
| Common uses | Roots are bitter, acrid, aromatic, digestive, carminative, anthelmintic, expectorant and stomachic. They are used in the treatment of asthma, bronchitis, dyspepsia, anorexia and fever. | |||
| Therapeutic uses | Jantu (worm infestation), Gulma (phantom tumour/tumor), Anaha (abdominal distention), Sula (colic), Trpti (feeling of satisfaction), Aruci (anorexia), Ajirna (indigestion), Kasa (cough), Gara (a kind of poisoning), Atisara (diarrhoea/diarrhea). | |||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Katu (Pungent) | ||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | |||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Ruksa (Dry) | |||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Katu (Pungent) | |||
| Karma (General action) | Dipana (increases digestive fire), Jantuhrt (anthelmintic), Kaphodrekahara (pacifies kapha), Rocana (improves taste), Pacani (helps in digestion), Bhedana (purgative). | |||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha Vata, increases Pitta | |||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Bhedani (purgative) | |||
| Traditional usage | 1. Cavyadi ghrta containing Cavya (Piper brachystachyum) as an important ingredient is a compound preparation used in atisara (diarrhoea/diarrhea). 2. One should take the paste of Cavya and Sunthi (dry ginger) with milk in abdominal disorders. 3. Gruel prepared with Pippali (Piper longum), Pippalimula (root of Pippali), Cavya, Citraka (Plumbago zeylanica) and Sunthi stimulates digestive fire and alleviates colic. 4. Pancakola group of drugs consisting of Pippali, Cavya etc., stimulates digestive fire and alleviates disorders caused by Kapha and Vata. 5. The patient should take proper dose of ghee mixed with five drugs. By this samana vayu (one of the five types of Vata) gets pacified and seated in its channel. 6. Milk processed with Pancakola (a formulation of five drugs: Pippali – Piper longum, Pippalimula – Root of Piper longum, Chavya – Piper chaba, Chitraka – Plumbago zeylanica, Shunti / Nagara – Zingiber officinale) is light and Kapha alleviating. It removes svasa (bronchial asthma), cough and promotes strength and complexion. 7. When thirsty, the water boiled with Pancakola* should be given to drink in case of amavata (morbidity of vata). | |||
| Formulation | Pancakola phanta, Pranadagutika, Kankayana modaka, Cavyadi ghrta. | |||
| Comments | There exists controversy in the botanical identification. The roots of Piper attenuatum, P. brachystachyum and P. hymenophyllum are available and taken for Cavya. P. V. Sarma identifies cavika with P. chaba. The author of Indian Medicinal Plants identifies P. chaba for gajapippali. Cavya is included in Trptighna, Dipaniya, Sulaprasamana gana by Caraka. Susruta includes it in Pippalyaadi, Pancakola and Sadusana gana. The flowers of Cavya are said to remove gara (a kind of poisoning), gulma (phantom tumour/tumor) sula (abdominal colic), krmi (worm infestation), and svasa (asthmatic conditions). It is called maricalata as its creeper resembles that of marica. It is called vanya or vanaja as it grows in the forests. It is called usana because it is hot in virya. | |||
| 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 284-286. 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 20. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, p 335. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 141. | ||
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