Atibala

BOTANICAL NAME: Abutilon indicum

FAMILY: Malvaceae

 

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Charaka: Madhura Skanda, Balya,

Bhavaprakash: Guduchyadi Varga

 

ENGLISH NAME: Country Mallow

COMMON NAME: Atibala

Bengali: Petari, jhapi

Hindi: Kanghi, kakahi, jhili

Kannada: Tutti, gidutingi, urki, shri mudri

 

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

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

बला वाट्यालिका वाट्या सैव वाट्यालकाऽपि च |

महाबला पीतपुष्पा सहदेवी च सा स्मृता ||१२३||

ततोऽन्यातिबला ऋष्यप्रोक्ता कङ्कतिका च सा |

गाङ्गेरुकी नागबला झषा ह्रस्वगवेधुका ||१२४||

बलाचतुष्टयं शीतं मधुरं बलकान्तिकृत् |

स्निग्धं ग्राहि समीरास्रपित्तास्रक्षतनाशनम् ||१२५||

बलामूलत्वचश्चूर्णं पीतं सक्षीरशर्करम् |

मूत्रातिसारं हरति दृष्टमेतन्न संशयः ||१२६||

हरेन्महाबला कृच्छ्रं भवेद्वातानुलोमनी |

हन्यादतिबला मेहं पयसा सितया समम् ||१२७||

HABITAT: In tropical and subtropical countries of America, Africa, Asia.

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: Abutilon indicum is an erect grey coloured velvety undershrub which grows upto 1-2m tall. Stem, leaves and branches are covered with simple minute stellate hairs. Leaves are simple, arranged alternately. Flowers are bisexual, 5 petals, yellow in colour.

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Hescoses, alkanols, fumaric, aminoacid.

THERAPEUTIC USES:

• Fever: Decoction prepared from its seeds and roots is used.
• Bronchitis: Atibala leaves decoction is used internally.
• Liver disorders: Leaves juice mixed with decoction of onion is orally taken.

INDICATIONS:

Karna roga Tinnitus, Jwara Fever, Kasa Cough, Mutravikar Urinary disorders.

USEFUL PART: Roots, fruit, seeds, flower, bark

DOSAGE: Churn – 1-3 g of the drug in powder form.

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

1. Punarnavadyarishta,
2. Mahanarayan tail,
3. Gandha tail