Ativisha

BOTANICAL NAME: Aconitum heterophyllum

FAMILY: Ranaculaceae

 

Classical Classification:

Charaka: Lekhaniya, Tikta Skanda, Shirovirechana,

Sushruta: Pippliyadi, Mustadi, Vachadi Gana.

Bhavaprakash: Haritkyadi Varga

 

ENGLISH NAME: Indian Atees

COMMON NAME: Atees

Hindi: Atis Punjabi: Atisa, Atees

Kannada: Ativisha, Athihage

Bengali: Ataicha

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

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

अतिविषा

विषा त्वतिविषा विश्वा शृङ्गी प्रतिविषाऽरुणा |

शुक्लकन्दा चोपविषा भङ्गुरा घुणवल्लभा ||१८६||

विषा सोष्णा कटुस्तिक्ता पाचनी दीपनी हरेत् |

कफपित्तातिसारामविषकासवमिक्रिमीन् ||१८७||

HABITAT: A perennial herb, native of western Himalayas and found in Garhwal, Kumaon and Kashmir at altitude between 2,500-4,000 m.

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: Roots, ovoid-conical, tapering downwards to a print, 2.0-7.5 cm long, 0.4-1.6 cm or more thick at its upper extremity, gradually decreasing in thickness towards tapering end, externally light ash-grey, white or grey-brown, while internally starch white, external surface wrinkled marked with scars of fallen rootlet and with a rosette of scaly rudimentary leaves on top: fracture, short, starchy, showing uniform white surface, marked towards centre by 4-7 concentrically arranged yellowish-brown dots, corresponding to end of fibrovascular bundles traversing root longitudinally taste bitter with no tingling sensation.

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Alkaloids (atisine, dihydroatisine, hetisined and heteratisine)

THERAPEUTIC USES:

• Cough and fever: Ativisha along with karkatasrngi and long pepper.
• Atisara: Ativisa, bhanga, vacha powder internal used.
• IBS: Decoction made of ativisa, ginger and musta is taken orally.
• Ulcers: Syonaka, prativisa, kantakari moola are made into paste are applied over the wounds.

INDICATIONS:

Krimiroga worm infestation, Jvara fever, Kasa cough, Chardi vomiting, Atisara diarrhoea.

USEFUL PART: Moola

DOSAGE:0.6-2.0 g of the drug in powder form.

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

1. Mahavishagarbh taila ,
2. Sudarshana churan