BOTANICAL NAME: Saccharum spontaneum
FAMILY: Poaceae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION–
Charaka- Mutravirechniya
Shushruta- Trina panchmoola
Bhavaprakasha- Guduchyadi varga
ENGLISH NAME: Thatch grass
COMMON NAME:
Hindi: Kasa
Bengali: Keshe
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
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HABITAT: Plant occurs in pantropics. It is commonly growing wild along river beds, ponds, ditches or canal in open country and fallow land in different regions of India.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
Tough grass with extensive, creeping rhizomes and erect. Leaves long, linear, filiform. Panicle up to 45 cm long. Sessile and pedicelled spikelets.
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERSTICS:
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Madhura, kasaya | Laghu, snigdha | Sita | Madhura | Vatapittasamak |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA EFFECT |
| Sweet
Astringent |
Light
Unctuous |
Cold | Sweet | Pacifying vata pitta |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Alkaloids, Carbohydrates, glycosides, saponins, tannins.
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Diabetes –Its ghrit preparation used to treat diseases related to urinary system.
- Bleeding piles- Root decoction is given in a dose of 40-50 ml.
- Renal calculi- Decoction of the root is given in a dose of 50 ml mixed with Gokshura powder.
- Promoting lactation- The root of kasa is boiled with cow milk and given in dose of 50-60ml.
INDICATIONS
Shosha Emaciation, Kasaya Weight loss, Mutrakrucha Dysuria, Daha Burning sensation, Tarpana Norishing.
USEFUL PART: Root
DOSAGE: Decoction – 50 to 100 ml
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
1. Trnapancamula kvatha
2. Kusavaleha
3. Kusadya ghrta