BOTANICAL NAME: Baliospermum montanum
FAMILY: Euphorbiaceae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:
Charaka: Bhedaniya, moolini dravya
Sushruta: Shyamadi varga, Adhobhagahara
Bhavaprakash: Guduchyadi varga
ENGLISH NAME: Wild Croton
COMMON NAME:
Bengali: Danti
Hindi: Danti
Kannada: Kadu Haralu
Punjabi: Danti
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
लघुदन्ती विशल्या च स्यादुदुम्बरपर्ण्यपि |
तथैरण्डफला शीघ्रा श्येनघण्टा घुणप्रिया |
वाराहाङ्गी च कथिता निकुम्भश्च मकूलकः ||१६९||
द्रवन्ती साम्बरी चित्रा प्रत्यक्पर्ण्यर्कपर्ण्यपि |
चित्रोपचित्रा न्यग्रोधी प्रत्यक्च्छ्रेण्याखुकर्ण्यपि ||१७०||
दन्तीद्वयं सरं पाके रसे च कटु दीपनम् |
गुदाङ्कुराश्मशूलार्शः कण्डूकुष्ठविदाहनुत् |
तीक्ष्णोष्णं हन्ति पित्तास्रकफशोथोदरकृमीन् ||१७१||
क्षुद्रदन्तीफलं तु स्यान्मधुरं रसपाकयोः |
शीतलं सृष्टविण्मूत्रं गरशोथकफापहम् ||१७२|| (Guduchyadi varga)
HABITAT:
Danti is widely distributed throughout the sub Himalayan tracts from khasi hills to Kashmir. It is easily available in Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and peninsular India.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
It is found throughout India. It is a stout leafy undershrub. 1-2 m. high with herbaceous branches from the roots; Leaves variable in size and shape, with margin sinuate toothed, the upper one small, lower ones are large, sometimes palmately 3-5 lobed; petiole 5-15 cm. long, with a pair of stipular glands; Flowers are usually monoecious, in axillary racemes or contracted panicles; Fruit (capsule) 8-12 mm. long, obovoid and hairy, Seeds 8 mm. long, smooth.
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERISTICS:
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Katu | Guru,
Tikshna |
Ushna | Katu | Bhedana | Kaphapittahara |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTANCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Pungent | Heaviness,
Strong |
Hot | Pungent | Purgation | Kaphapitta
Pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS:
β – Sitosterol and Triterpenoids, Resinou Glycosides, Phorbol Esters.
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Fever: Powder of its root is given with takra.
- Udara rogas: Root is used for purgation
- Shwasa: Its leaves are used internally
INDICATIONS:
Tvak dosa Skin Disorders, Daha Burning sensation, Udararoga Ascites, Arsha Haemorrhoids, Kandu Itching, Kushtha Leprosy, Vrana Wound, Plihavridhi Splenomegaly, Kamala Jaundice, Gulma Abdominal tumour, Krimiroga Worminfestation.
USEFUL PART: Root
DOSAGE: 1-3 g of the drug in powder form.
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
1. Dantyadyarista
2. Punarnava Mandura
3. Abhayarishta
4. Kankayana Gutika
5. Dantiharitaki
6. Kalyanaka Kasara
7. Kaishora Guggulu