BOTANICAL NAME: Gardenia jasminoides
FAMILY: Rubiaceae
ENGLISH NAME: Cape jasmine
COMMON NAME:
Kannada name: Suvusane Malle
HABITAT: Native to china and Japan, cultivated in India garden.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
It is evergreen flowering shrub plant. Leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets. Flowers are unisexual, yellow colour. Fruit is long pome with hooked hair.
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Tikta, Kashaya | Laghu, ruksha, tikshana | Ushana | Katu | – | Kapha- vata shamak |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Bitter, Astringent. | Light, dry, hot. | Hot | Pungent | – | Kapha-vata pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Iridoid glycosides, genipin
USEFUL PART: fruit and leaves
GARJARA
BOTANICAL NAME: Daucus carota
FAMILY: Apiaceae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:
Bhavprakash- Shaka Varga
ENGLISH NAME: carrot
COMMON NAME:
Hindi– gajar
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
गृञ्जन
गृञ्जनं गाजरं प्रोक्तं तथा नारङ्गवर्णकम् |
गाजरं मधुरं तीक्ष्णं तिक्तोष्णं दीपनं लघु |
संग्राहि रक्तपित्तार्शोग्रहणीकफवातजित् ||८४||
HABITAT: Haryana, Punjab, Uttar pradesh, Bihar
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: An annual or biannual herb, with an erect much branched stem arising from a fleshy tap root. Leaves are pinnately decompound. Flowers are white or yellowish. Flowering time autumn season and onwards
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Madhura | Laghu, snigadha | Usana | Madhura | Grahi | Kapha vata hara |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Sweet | Light, Unctuous. | Hot | Sweet | Anti- diarrhoeal | Kapha vata pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Carotin, sugar, starch, malic acid, volatile oil, carotol, palmitic acid,
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Piles: Cooked carrot tuber is consumed to treat piles.
- Cardiac muscle: Raw carrot taken internally strengthen the cardiac muscles.
- IBS: 25-30ml of juice consumption treat cases of IBS.
- Appetite: Fresh juice taken internally.
- Liver protector: Cold infusion prepared from carrot consumed internally.
INDICATIONS:
Mastiksha dourbalya brain diseases, udaravikara abdominal disorder, krimiroga worm disease, raktapitta epistaxis, raktavikara bleeding disorder, sotha oedema, hridroga heart disease, kasa cough, svasa respiratory disorder.
USEFUL PART: Roots and seeds
DOSAGE: Juice 20 to 40gm, Seeds powder 3-6 gm