| Botanical Name (Latin):
Aegle marmelos
Sanskrit
Name:
Bilva
Common Name (English):
Bael Fruit (bark)
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: + Pitta: -
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): kasaya, madhura, tikta
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): shita
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
madhura
Guna
(Qualities):
ruksa, laghu
The twenty gunas or qualities
of all substances are: Guru
(heavy) Manda
(dull) Shita
(cold) Ushna (hot)
Snigdha
(unctuous) Slaksna
(smooth) Sandra
(dense) Mridu
(soft) Sthira
(stable) Suksma
(subtle) Visada
(non-slimy) Laghu
(light) Tikshna
(sharp) Rooksha
(un-unctuous, dry) Khara
(rough) Drava
(liquid) Kathina
(hard) Sara
(unstable) Sthula
(gross) Piccila
(slimy)
Prabhava
(Special Potency):
affinity toskin, blood cleanser
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
all 7 dhatus,
The seven dhatus or tissues
are: Rasa (plasma, lymph), Rakta
(red blood cells), Mamsa
(muscle tissue), Meda (adipose
tissue), Ashti (bone tissue),
Majja (bone marrow, nervous
tissue
, connective tissue), Shukra
(male reproductive tissue), Artava
(female reproductive tissue)
Pharmacological
Action:
astringent, gastric, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, heomstatic, lekhana
Indications
(Uses):
diarrhea, fever, poor absorption, worms--round and tape, bleeding, vomiting, bleeding, vomiting, nausea with blood, bed wetting, glossitis with ulceration, herpes simplex, stomatitis, inflammation of tongue, obesity, chronic diarrhea, dysentery, diabetes, bronchitis, bonchiectisis, fever of non-specific origin, gingivitis K = decoction of leaves is febrifuge, expectorant, asthmatic complaints, decoction of root bark for intermittent fevers, melancholia, palpitation of heart. Best for subacute or chronic cases of diarrhea and dysentery and in irritation of alimentary canal, decoction of root for intermittent fever, hypochondiasis, melancholia, palpitation of heart. , Powdered pulp 2-4 gr in acute dysentery with griping pain bed wetting, glossitis, stomatitis, glossitis, obesity, diabetes,bronchitis, braonchiectisis,gingivitis
Contraindications
(Cautions):
none
Constituents:
sugar, tannin, volatile oil, bitter principle, ash, balsamic principle, Ash has potassium, sodium comp, phosphates K = leaves contain alkaloid aegelin, alkaloid coumarin aegelinin and marmin, sterol sitosterol, essential oil d-limonene. The fruit contain sugar, tannin. Seeds have bitter fatty oil. The essential oil of fruit contains d-alpha-phellandrene, alloimperatorin, and beta-sitosterol. Heartwood contains a ferroquinoline alkaloid, dictamine, a dihydrofuro coumarin marmasin and beta-sitosterol
Active
Substances:
aegelinin (an alkaloid) , coumarin
Plant Part
Used:
bark
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