| Botanical Name (Latin):
Sida cordifolia
Sanskrit
Name:
Bala
Common Name (English):
Indian Country Mallow
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: -
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): 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
Guna
(Qualities):
snigda, guru, styana
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):
energetic, anit-toxic
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
rakta, mamsa, shukra/artava (and by this also rasa)
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:
tonic, rasayana, sedative, stimulant, hemostatic, tonic, mild antibacterial, stimulant (sex), sedative, hemostatic, anabolic, aphrodisiac, spermatogenetic, lactogenic, cardiac, m. diuretic, demulcent, K = vata, pitta samaka, badana sthapana(maintains tone of ligaments =used in bursitis), sotha hara, balya, bat har, sanehan, anuloman, grahi, hrdya, rakta pitta samaka, sukrala, balya brighan, oja bardhaka; roots are cooling, astringent, stomachic, tonic, aromatic, bitter, febrifuge, demulcent, diuretic. The alkaloid has slight sympathomimetic action similar to ephedrine. Thus use as cardiac stimulant in Ayurvedic medicine.
Indications
(Uses):
general debility, arthritis, TB, cracking joints, diarrhea, ulcerative colitis, memory p., depression, anxiety, muscle debility, migraine, pain nerve, pressure, tinitis, ileocecal valve p, child debility, recede gums, premature ejaculation bleeding disorders, prolapse--rectal, inguinal, uterine, vata in asthi, hiccough, ischemia of diaphragm, pre-menstrual tension or PMS, aspermatagenesis, small breasts, lactation, bleeding piles, nose, hemorrhagic condition. K = rheumatism, gonorrhea, spermatorrhea, gonorrhea, febrile diseases, Leaves are mucilaginous = demulcent in fever; given as a vegetable to patients suffering from bleeding piles; urinary diseases, disorders of blood and bile, bleeding piles, hematuria, cystitis, leukorrhea, chronic dysentery, nervous diseases as insanity, facial paralysis, and in asthma as cardiac tonic. As alterative root bark if useful in rheumatism; in elepantiasis a paste made with juice of palmyra palm is locally used; the juice of the roots is applied as a sedative over wounds and ulcers.
Contraindications
(Cautions):
none but don't take @ night as it gves energy
Constituents:
K = fatty oil, phytosterol, mucins, potassium nitrate, resin, resin acids, (no tannins or glucosides); trace amt of alkaloid; the hydrochloride of alkaloid occurs in colorless needles, freely soluble in water but sparingly soluble in absolute alcohol. Alkaloid mainly ephedrine. The seeds contain four times more than stem, root, leaves
Active
Substances:
alkaloid Sida cordifolin
Plant Part
Used:
root, leaves, stem,
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