BOTANICAL NAME: Carum copticum
FAMILY: Umbelliferae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:
Bhavaprakasha nighantu–
ENGLISH NAME: Ajowan
COMMON NAME:
Hindi: Ajvayan
Bengali: Jovana
Kannad: Oma
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
यवानिकोग्रगन्धा च ब्रह्मदर्भाऽजमोदिका |
सैवोक्ता दीप्यका दीप्या तथा स्याद्यवसाह्वया ||६८||
यवानी पाचनी रुच्या तीक्ष्णोष्णा कटुका लघुः |
दीपनी च तथा तिक्ता पित्तला शुक्रशूलहृत् |
वातश्लेष्मोदरानाहगुल्मप्लीहकृमिप्रणुत् ||६९|| (Haritkyadi varga)
HABITAT: Cultivated extensively in Indian gardens.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
Annual, erect herb, 0.3-0.9m high. Leaves are bipinnate or tripinnate. Bracts many and linear. Flowers are in umbels, pure white coloured. Fruit ovoid, carpels dorsally compressed.
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERISTICS:
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Katu | Laghu, Rūkşa, Tikṣṇa | Usna | Katu | – | Kaphavataśāmaka. |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Pungent | Light
Dry Sharp |
Hot | Pungent | – | Pecifying kapha and vata |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: A phenolic glycoside, thymol, p-cymene
THERAPEUTIC USES:
Shoola: In case of abdominal colic the powder of yavani, rock salt, Haritaki and shunthi may be given in equal quantity.
Danta roga: Paste or powder of yavani and vaca may be applied over the gum or at the root of teeth.
Udarada: Yavani given with jaggary for a week is a definite cure.
INDICATIONS:
Gulma (tumor), Shoola (Pain), Krimi ( worm infestation), Chardi (Nausea)
USEFUL PART: Fruits
DOSAGE: Fruit powder- 1-3g, Oil- 1-3 drops, distrillate- 20-40 ml.
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
- Yavanyadi churna
- Yavanyadikhanda churna
- Yavanikadi ghrita
- Takrarista
- Yavanikadi kwatha
- Yava-nyarka