Parpata

BOTANICAL NAME: Fumaria parviflora

FAMILY: Fumaraceae

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Charaka: Trushna nigrahana

Bhavaprakash: Guduchyadi varga

ENGLISH NAME: Indian Fumitory

COMMON NAME:

Hindi: Pittapapada, Dhamgajra, Pittapapado

Punjabi: Shahtara, Pittapapara

Bengali: Vanshulpha, Bansulpha

Kannada: Kallu Sabbasige, Parpatu, Chaturasigide

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read

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HABITAT: At high altitudes in Tamil Nadu; up to 2,700 m on the Himalayas.

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:

It is Annual herb. Roots are Buff or cream coloured, branched, about 3 mm thick, cylindrical; taste, bitter. Stem is Light green, smooth, diffused, hollow, about 2 to 4 mm thick; taste, bitter and slightly acrid. Leaves are Compound, pinnatifid, 5 to 7 cm long, divided into narrow segments; segments 5 mm long and about 1 mm broad, linear or oblong, more or less glaucous, acute or subacute; petiole, taste, bitter. Flowers are Racemes with 10 to 15 flowers, peduncle upto 3 mm.Fruits are Capsule, 2 mm long and slightly broader, subrotund, obovate, obtuse or subtruncate, obscurely apiculate, rugose when dry; nutlets globose, upto 2 mm long, single seeded.

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Alkaloids, Tannins, Sugars and salt of Potassium etc.

THERAPEUTIC USES:

• Intermittent fever, cold, jaundice- Whole plant is taken (20-30 gram) and decoction is made by boiling with 240-300 ml of water. This is taken twice daily.
• Obstructive jaundice, bilious headache- Fine paste of the whole plant or leaves is taken along with buttermilk.
• Pimples, urticarial rashes- Equal amount of Sariva (Hemidesmus indica) and Parpataka are taken and decoction is made.
• Burning sensation of the body- Parpataka and Usheera (Vetiveria zizanioides) are taken in equal amounts and cold infusion is prepared.

INDICATIONS: Daha Burning sensation, Jwara Fever, Aarochak Anorexia, Chardi Vomiting, Mada Intoxication, Raktapitta Bleeding disorders

USEFUL PART: Whole plant

DOSAGE: 1-3gm

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

1. Pacanamrta Kwatha Churna
2. Tiktaka Ghrita
3. Mahatiktaka Ghrita
4. Nalpamaradi Taila
5. Bhrihatmanjisadi Kvatha Curna
6. Patoladi Ghrita
7. Chintamani Rasa