BOTANICAL NAME: Calotropis procera/ Calotropis gigantea
FAMILY: Asclepiadaceae
CLASICAL CLASSIFICTION
Charak- Bedaniya, Vamonopaga, svedopaga
Bhavprakash- Guduchydivarga.
Sushrut- Arkadi, Adhobhagahara
ENGLISH NAME: Madar
COMMON NAME:
Hindi: Ark
Kannada: Billi aekka
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
अलर्को गणरूपः स्यान्मन्दारो वसुकोऽपि च |
श्वेतपुष्पः सदापुष्पः सबालार्कः प्रतीयसः ||५९||
रक्तोऽपरोऽर्कनामा स्यादर्कपर्णो विकीरणः |
रक्तपुष्पः शुक्लफलस्तथा स्फोटः प्रकीर्तितः ||६०||
अर्कद्वयं सरं वातकुष्ठकण्डूविषव्रणान् |
निहन्ति प्लीहगुल्मार्शःश्लेष्मोदरशकृत्कृमीन् ||६१||
अलर्ककुसुमं वृष्यं लघु दीपनपाचनम् |
अरोचकप्रसेकार्शःकासश्वासनिवारणम् ||६२||
रक्तार्कपुष्पं मधुरं सतिक्तं कुष्ठक्रिमिघ्नं कफनाशनं च |
अर्शो विषं हन्ति च रक्तपित्तं संग्राहि गुल्मे श्वयथौ हितं तत् ||६३||
क्षीरमर्कस्य तिक्तोष्णं स्निग्धं सलवणं लघु |
कुष्ठगुम्लोदरहरं श्रेष्ठमेतद्विरेचनम् ||६४||
HABITAT: Shrub
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
A large, erect, spreading, perennial shrub, found throughout warmer parts of India. 2.4-3m high, much branched, often gregarious. Branches stout with cottony pubescence. Leaves are opposite ,10-20×3.£-10cm, sessile, elliptic or ovate oblong. Flowers are umbellate cymes, purplish or white, corona- lobes deltoid ovate Fruts follicles 9 -10cm long, broad, seed many comose
Flowering time February- July.
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERISTICS
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Katu, tikta | Laghu, Ruksa, tiksna | Usna | Katu | Kahpavatasamaka |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Astringent, bitter | Light, dryness, sharp | Hot | pungent | Pacifying kaphvata. |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Mudarine, resin, calotoxin, calactin.
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Asthma- Dried flower powder 1-2 pinches of this mixed rock salt and taken along with warm water.
- Althergia– Leaves are made into paste (50 gm) and add 200 ml sesame oil and 200ml water is added and is cooked and this can be applied over the painful joints.
INDICATIONS:
Jvara Pyrexia, Kasa Cough, Arsha Haemorrhoids, Gulma Abdominal tumor.
USEFUL PART: Mooltavka, flower, Leaves.
DOSAGE: Powder: ½- 1gm
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
1. Arkalavana
2. Arkataila
3. Arkasvara
4. Arkamanahsiladidhuma