Champaka

BOTANIAL NAME: Michelia champaca

FAMILY: Magnoliaceae

 

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Bhavaprakash: Pushpavarga

 

ENGLISH NAME: Golden Champa

COMMON NAME

Hindi: Champa

Punjabi: Champa

Bengali: Champa, Champaka

Kannada: Sampagi

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/eNighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/mod=read

चाम्पेयश्चम्पकः प्रोक्तो हेमपुष्पश्च स स्मृतः |

एतस्य कलिका गन्धफलेति कथिता बुधैः ||२४||

चम्पकः कटुकस्तिक्तः कषायो मधुरो हिमः |

विषकृमिहरः कृच्छ्रकफवातास्रपित्तजित् ||२५|| (PUSHPA VARGA)

HABITAT: Champak is found in eastern Himalayas, North-East India and Western Ghats; it is planted throughout India in gardens and near temples.

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:

It is a tall, ever green tree, usually upto 30 m in height and 3.5 m in girth with a straight trunk. Bark is grey or brownish. Leaves are ovate, lanceolate in shape. Flowers are usually axillary, solitary yellow or orange. Fruit is 5-10 cm. long; woody. Seeds are brown, angular with pink fleshy aril.

AYURVEDIC CHARACTERISTICS:

RASA	GUNA	VEERYA	VIPAKA	PRABHAVA	DOSHGHNTA
Katu, Tikta, Kashya	Laghu, Ruksha	Shita	Katu	–	Kaphapittashamak

AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:

TASTE	PROPERTY	POTENCY	POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT	EFFECT ACTION	DOSH ACTION
Pungent, Bitter Astringent	Lightness Dryness	Cold	Bitter	–	Kaphapitta Pacifying,

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Volatile oil, B-sitosterol, Parthenolide, Germacranolide, Dihydroparthenolide.

THERAPEUTIC USES:

• Visham jwara: Hot infusion of Champak is used to treat fever
• Updamsha: Its bark is used in the second stage of syphilis.
• Vrana shotha: Apply the paste made from the mixture of its bark and curd locally
• Udarashoola: Juice of its leaves should be used orally with honey

INDICATIONS:

Jwara Fever, Mutra vikara Urinary disorders, Kushth Skin disorders, Kandu Itching, Shotha Inflammation, Artava vikara Menstrual disorders, Netra vikara Eye disorders

USEFUL PART: Flower, Twak

DOSAGE: Pushpa Churna: 1-3 gm, Bark: 50-100 ml decoction

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

1. Candanabalakasadi Taila

2. Baladhatryadi Taila