Jivanti

BOTANICAL NAME: Leptadenia reticulata

FAMILY: Asclepiadaceae

 

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION-

Charka- Jeevaniya, Vayasthapana, Madhur skkandha

Shushruta- Kakolyadi gana

Bhavaprakasha- Guduchyadi varga

 

ENGLISH NAME: Cork swallow wort

COMMON NAME:

Hindi- Dodi Shak, Jivanti

Bengali- Jivanti

Kannada- Palatheege balli

 

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

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

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HABITAT:

Sub-Himalayan tracts of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and Deccan Peninsula up to an altitude

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:

It is a much-branched twining shrub. Bark is Yellow brown, corky. Leaves are ovate, cordate covered with whitish tomentum on lower surface, glabrous above. Flowers are many flowered cymes, greenish yellow follicles subwoody ,long turgid

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS:

Hentriacontanol, α- and β–amyrin, stigmasterol, β-sitosterol and flavonoids-diosmetin

THERAPEUTIC USES:

• Fever- The decoction of the root of Jivanti is given with ghrit in a dose of 40-50 ml .
• Improve eye sight- The tender stems and fruits are eaten as vegetable which helps in improvement of the vision.
• Cough- The decoction of plant is given in dose of 40-50 ml with honey to treat cough.
• Wounds- The paste of jivanti plant is applied over fresh wound to treat it.

INDICATIONS

Atisara (Diarrhoea), Daha (Burning sensation), Jvara (Fever), Ksaya (Pthisis), Kāsa (Cough), sosa (Cachexia), Mukharoga (Disease of mouth), Naktandhya (Night blindness), Netraroga (Diseases of eyes), Raktapitta (Bleeding disorder), Trishna (Thirst), Urhksata (Pulmonary cavitation), Vran(Ulcer)

USEFUL PART: Root

DOSAGE: Powder- 3-6 g, Decoction- 50-100 ml

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

1. Jivanyadi ghrit
2. Jivanyadi tel