| Botanical Name (Latin):
Nardostachys jatamamsi
Sanskrit
Name:
Jatamamsi
Common Name (English):
Indian spikenard
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: = Pitta: =
Kapha: =
Rasa (Taste): tikta, kasaya, madhura
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/katu
Guna
(Qualities):
laghu, tikshna, snigda
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):
rasa, rakta, mamsa, sukra, nervous system
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:
aromatic, vaso dilator, diuretic,, anti-convulsant, anti-hypertensive, antispasmodic
Indications
(Uses):
kidney stones, extra systole, epilepsy, rrenal colic, burning eczema, hi BP, palpitations, depression, cervical, urethral, bladder, ureter spasms
Contraindications
(Cautions):
Constituents:
essential oil, resin, sugar, starch,gum, bitter matter K = rhizomes and roots contain volatile essential oil .5% oleum jatamansi, resin, sugar, starch, bitter matter, gum, ketone called jatamansone, sesquiterpee = seychelane, and beta-sitosterol. Roots have many compounds viz. valeranone, valeranal, nardol,calarenol, nardostechone, n-hexacosanyl arachidate, n-hexaconsanol, calarene, n-hexacosane, h-hexacosanyl isovalerate, acosanyl arachidate, n-hexaconsanol, calarene, norseychelanone, seychellen, patchouli alcohol, hydrocarbons, beta-eudesmol, elemol, beta-sitosterol, angelicin, jatamansinol
Active
Substances:
jatamanson
Plant Part
Used:
root, rhizomes, oil
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