| Botanical Name (Latin):
Embelia ribes
Sanskrit
Name:
Vidanga
Common Name (English):
Embelia
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: +
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): katu, kashaya
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): ushna
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
katu
Guna
(Qualities):
laghu, ruksa, tiksna
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):
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:
purgative, antiflatulent, carminative, anthelmintic, stimulant, cardiac, diuretic, broncho dilation, decongestant K = kapha vata samaka, sirobirocana, krmighana, dipana, pacana, anulomana, rakta soahaka, khustaghana, rasayana; carminative, anthelmintic, stimulant, alterative; pulp is purgative, fresh jyice is colling, diuretic, laxative. Aqueous extract of berries is antifertility, anti ascarides
Indications
(Uses):
diabetes, parasites, asthma, bronchitis, slow heart rate, gas, cardiac pain, diabetes, ama, foul smelling stool, K = as alterative applied to skin diseases as ringworm; as paste with butter to forehead to relieve headache. Leaves of plant with ginger are used as gargle in sore throat and indolent ulcers of the mought. A past of the bark to chest in lung diseases like pneumonia
Contraindications
(Cautions):
Constituents:
N = embelic acid,a volatile and fixed oil, coloring matter, tannin, a resinoid body and an alkaloid called christembine, crystalline compounds of embelic acid with soda, potash, and ammonia,vidangin--colorless and crystalline K = embelin, alkaloid christembine, a resinoid, tannins, slight volatile oil, The embelin works against tapeworm
Active
Substances:
vidangin
Plant Part
Used:
fruit leaf root bark
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