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Market nameDiyamithta
Formal namePatha
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Akaleja, Akandi (B), Akanadi, Karjeuri (H), Kodupalli, Pariraaberu (K), Kattuvalli, Malathangi (M), Batule lahara, Batule pati, Gudar gano (N), Diyamitta (Sin)
English nameFalse Pareira Brava or Root, Velvet-leaf Pareira
Original plant nameCissampelos pariera Linn. var. hirsuta (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Forman (= Cissampelos hirsuta Buch.-Ham. ex DC.), False Pareira Brava or Root, Velvet-leaf Pareira
Family nameMenispermaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification stem
Collection informationDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Ayurveda Cooperation
Collection date1983/02/
TMPW No.1552

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Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name		Patha, False Pareira Brava or Root, Velvet-leaf Pareira
SynonymsAmbastha, Pracina, Papacelika, Varatikta, Patika, Vrki, Vrkahvaya, Vara, Tikta, Tiktaka, Sthapani, Uddhati, Ambastika, Sreyasi, Vrddhikarnika, Ekasthila, Kucaili, Dipani, Tiktapuspa, Brhattikta, Trsira, Malavi, Devi, Vrttaparni, Dvidringmita, Vrddhaa, Asmasuta, Yutha, Aviddhakarnika, Ekaisi, Malati, Vrkadanti, Vatsadani, Piluphala.
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Original plant nameCissampelos pareira Linn. var. hirsuta (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Forman (= Cissampelos hirsuta Buch.-Ham. ex DC.)
Family nameMenispermaceae
Used partRoots and Leaves
Distribution areaA very variable, lofty, slender, dioecious, perennial climber, commonly distributed throughout tropical and subtropical India, ascending upto an altitude of around 2000m.
RemarksCommon.
Common usesRoots are astringent, mild tonic, diuretic, stomachic, antilithic, analgesic, antipyretic and emmenagogue. They are frequently prescribed for treating cough, dyspepsia, diarrhoea/diarrhea, dysentery, piles, dropsy, urino-genital troubles such as prolapse of uterus, cystitis, haemorrhage/hemorrhage and menorrhagia, and calcular nephritis.
Root paste is applied to scabies and eruptions on the body of babies.

Leaves are eaten as potherb, and reported to be cooling. Crushed and boiled with rice, leaf is given as a tonic and in heart complaints; fresh juice is applied in eye diseases. Poultice of leaves is applied to abscesses, sores, scabies, itches, pimples, boils and burns.

Plant juice with jaggery and egg is given internally for minor injuries. The decoction, mixed with lemon and garlic juice and salt is given as stomachic.
Therapeutic usesSula (colic), Gulma (phantom tumours/tumors), Jvara (fever), Raktatisara (dysentery), Chardi (vomiting), Raktakustha (kind of skin disease), Atisara (diarrhoea/diarrhea), Hrdruja (heart diseases), Daha (burning sensation), Kandu (pruritus), Svasa (asthmatic conditions), Gara (kind of poisoning), Vrana (ulcers), Bhagna (fractures), Ajirna (indigestion), Krmi (worm infestation), Mutrakrcchra (dysuria), Agnimandya (reduced digestive fire).
Chemical constituentAlkaloids
Pareitropone (*C1), Pareirubrine A (*C2), Pareirubrine B (*C2), Norimelitin (*C3), Pareirubrine (*C4)

Isoquinoline alkaloids
1-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-6,7-dimethoxy
-2-methylisoquinoline (*C5), 6,7,7a,8-Tetrahydro-11-methoxy-7-methyl 5H-benzo[g]-1,3-Benzodioxolo
[6,5,4-de]quinolin-12-ol (*C5), 5,6,6a,7-Tetrahydro-1,2-dimethoxy-6-methyl 4H-dibenzo
[de,g]quinoline (*C5), 5,6,6a,7-Tetrahydro-2,10-dimethoxy-6-methyl 4H-dibenzo
[de,g]quinoline-1,11-diol (*C5), 5,6,6a,7-Tetrahydro-1,11-dimethoxy-6,6-dimethyl 4H-dibenzo[de,g]quinolinium (*C5)

Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
Traditional conceptRasa (Taste)Tikta (Bitter)
Virya (Potency)Usna (Hot)
Guna (Quality)Laghu (Light), Tiksna (Sharp)
Vipaka
(Post digestive taste)		Katu (Pungent)
Karma
(General action)		Dipana (improves appetite), Pacana (improves digestion), Visaghni (removes toxins), Vrsya (aphrodisiac), Grahi (constipative), Raktasodhaka (purifies blood), Mutrala (diuretic), Balya (promotes strength), Dahasamaka (reduces burning sensation), Bhagnasandhanakrt (helps in union of fractured bones).
Dosakarma
(Action on dosa)		Decreases all dosas esp. Kapha,Pitta
Dhatukarma(Action
on body tissues)		Raktasodhaka (purifies blood)
Mala
(Action on excretory mechanism)		Mutrala (diuretic)
Avayava
(Action on organ)		Hrdroga (heart diseases)
Traditional usage1. Decoction of Patha (Cissampelos pariera), Usira (Vetiveria zizanioides), Balaka (Plectranthus vetiveroides) acts as digestive in fever.

2. Juice of Patha root taken in morning for three days checks fever with rigor.

3. The dried vegetable of Lonika (Portulaca quadrifida) and Patha cooked with curd and pomegranate and added with profuse fat should be given in food in diarrhoea/diarrhea.

4. Patha leaves with buffalo's buttermilk stops diarrhoea.

5. Patha pounded with cow's curd alleviates the disorder and burning sensation in diarrhoea immediately.

6. Patha combined with any one of Duralabha (Tragia involucrata), Bilva (Aegle marmelos) and Sunthi (dry ginger) alleviates piles.

7. Buttermilk added with Patha carminates wind and faeces.

8. Liquid gruel cooked with Patha and Pancakola* has the same properties e.g. is useful in oedema, diarrhoea, heart disease, piles, slow digestion and prameha.

9. In "Meha" (a kind of prameha: diabetic types) one should take the powder of Patha, Kutaja (Holarrhena pubescens), Hing (Ferula assa-foetida), Katuka (Picrorhiza kurroa) and Kustha (Saussurea lappa) with decoction of Guduci (Tinospora cordifolia) and Citraka (Plumbago zeylanica).

10. The paste of the leaves is applied on wounds and ulcers for healing.

11.In wound caused by Kapha, leaves of Patha, Murva (Marsdenia tenacissima), Guduci, Kakamaci (Solanum nigrum), Haridra (turmeric) and Sukanasa (Corallocarpus epigaeus) should be used for covering.

12. By applying paste of Patha, Tulasi (Ocimum sanctum), Vasa (Adhatoda vasica), Apamarga (Achyranthes aspera) on umbilicus, pelvis and vulva the woman delivers easily.

13. Patha is used as galacto depurant.

14. Taking Patha root as snuff hemicrania is relieved.

15. Intake of the root of white Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa) or Patha or Guduci pounded with rice water destroys splenomegaly.

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Pancakola* is a formulation of five drugs, i.e., Pippali, Pippalimula, Chavya – Piper chaba, Citraka, and Sunthi/Nagara.
FormulationSaddharana curna, Pathadi curna, Pathadi taila.
Related drugsChondrodendron tomentosum Ruiz & Pav. and C. platyphyllum Miers.
CommentsThere exists controversy in the identification of Patha. Cissampelos pareira is used in North India but Cyclea peltata is used in South India. According to the author of Indian Medicinal Plants Cissampelos pareira seems likely to be Laghupatha described as another variety of patha in Saligramanighantubhusanam. Tubers of this are smaller than that of Cyclea peltata. Tubers of Stephania herandifolia are also commonly used as patha in Kerala. Properties of these roots are more or less similar to that of patha. P.V.Sharma has identified this variety as Rajapatha.

It is called pilupuspa because its flowers bear resemblance with that of pilu. Its flowers are bitter in taste. Hence it is called tiktapuspa.
ReferencesReference book　

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[2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras)
Vol. 2 (Repr.1997), p 280.

Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore
37.

Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi
Vol. 2, p 627.

Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi
p 236.

Research paper*C1 Morita, H., Takeya, K. and Itokawa, H.; Bioorg. Chem. Lett., 5, 597-98 (1995).
*C2 Morita, H., Matsumoto, K., Takeya, K., Itokawa, H.,and Itaka, Y.; Chem. Pharm. Bull., 41, 1418-22 (1993).
*C3 Morita, H., Matsumoto, K., Takeya, K. and Itokawa, H., Chem. Pharm. Bull., 41, 1307-8 (1993).
*C4 Morita, H., Matsumoto, K., Takeya, K., Itokawa, H.,and Itaka, Y.; Chem. Lett., 2, 339-42 (1993).
*C5 Ahamd, R., Malik, M. A. and Zia-Ul-Haq, M.; Fitoterapia, 63, 282 (1992).
RemarksRoots are edible. They are employed in fermenting rice beer. Dried roots form the drug, commercially known as False Pareira Brava, and sometimes confused with the True Pariera Brava, derived either from Chondrodendron tomentosum Ruiz & Pav., a native of Peru and Brazil, or C. platyphyllum Miers. The drug consists of long, cylindrical, oval or compressed pieces of the root, entire or longitudinally split, 0.1-1.20cm x 1.2-10.0cm; bark greyish brown, longitudinally wrinkled, transversely crossed by annular elevations, interior wood yellowish grey, porous with concentric rings and medullary rays; aromatic and sweetish at first, turning intensely bitter later. Cultivation of the plant was attempted at Lucknow for the alkaloid, hayatine. Stems yield a strong fibre used for ropes.
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