BOTANICAL NAME: Gmelina arborea
FAMILY: Verbenaceae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:
Charaka- Shothahara, Dahaprashamana, Virechanopaga.
Sushruta- Sarivadi Gana, Brihat Panchamula.
Bhavprakash- Guduchyadi Varga.
ENGLISH NAME: Candhar Tree
COMMON NAME:
Hindi: Gambhar, Khambhari
Punjabi: Gumhar, Kumhar
Bengali: Gambhar, Gamar
Kannada: Shivanigida, Shivani
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
गम्भारी भद्रपर्णी च श्रीपर्णी मधुपर्णिका |
काश्मीरी काश्मरी हीरा काश्मर्यः पीतरोहिणी |
कृष्णवृन्ता मधुरसा महाकुसुमिकाऽपि च ||१२||
काश्मरी तुवरा तिक्ता वीर्योष्णा मधुरा गुरुः |
दीपनी पाचनी मेध्या भेदिनी भ्रमशोषजित् |
दोषतृष्णामशूलार्शोविषदाहज्वरापहा ||१३||
तत्फलं बृंहणं वृष्यं गुरु केश्यं रसायनम् |
वातपित्ततृषारक्तक्षयमूत्रविबन्धनुत् ||१४||
स्वादु पाके हिमं स्निग्धं तुवराम्लं विशुद्धिकृत् |
हन्याद्दाहतृषावातरक्तपित्तक्षतक्षयान् ||१५||
HABITAT: It is found in the lower Himalayas, the Nilgiris and the East and West Coasts of India.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: A moderate sized unarmed deciduous tree , reaching 18 metres high, bark greyish yellow, rather corky. Leaves 10-20 , broadly ovate, accuminate, entire, glaborous above when mature, petiolate. Flowers usually arranged in cymes of about 3 flowers, corolla brownish yellow, Fruit – drupe, orange yellow when ripe. Flowering and fruiting time: Summers and onward season
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Tikta, kasaya | Guru | Usna | Katu | – | Tridosh shamaka |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Bitter, Astringent. | Heavy | Hot | Pungent | – | Tridosha pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: ß-sitosterol, Alkaloids and lignans (arboreal, isoarboreal and related lignans).
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Headache with fever: Leaves paste of the plant locally applied.
- Inflammation: Root bark is used for inflammation internally.
- Urinary disorder: Fruit and leaf juice are used internally.
- Abdominal disorder: Decoction of root bark 50-100 ml.
- Thurst: Fruit is taken as internally.
INDICATIONS: Shotha oedema, Daha burning sensation, Jwara fever, Trisna thirst, Arsa piles.
USEFUL PART: Root, Fruit
DOSAGE: 20-30 g of the drug for decoction.
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
- Dasmularista
- Dasmulaharitaki
- Dasmula ghrit
- Dasmula sapalaka ghrit