BOTANICAL NAME: Balanitis aegyptiaca
FAMILY: Balanitaceae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:
Bhavprakash- Vatadi Varga
ENGLISH NAME: Desert date
COMMON NAME:
Hindi name: Hingoon
Telugu name: Ringari
Bengali name: Hing
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
इङ्गुदोऽङ्गारवृक्षश्च तिक्तकस्तापसद्रुमः |
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हन्त्युष्णः श्वित्रशूलघ्नस्तिक्तकः कटुपाकवान् ||३४||
HABITAT: A spiny evergreen tree distributed in the drier part of the peninsular India, western punjab to west bengal and Sikkim.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: Evergreen tree upto 9m in height. Bark is grey. Leaves are 2 foliate, leaflets, elliptic or obovate. Flowers are small, greenish white, fragrant, axillary, few or many flowered fascicles. Fruits are drupe.
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Tikta, katu | Laghu, snigdha | Ushna | Katu | Krumighna | kaph and vata shamaka |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Bitter, Pungent. | Light, Unctuous. | Hot | Pungent | Worm infestation | Kapha vata pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Saponins, diosgenin, cryptogenin
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Leprosy- Ingudi taila is used as locally.
- Rat poisoning- Shirish and ingudi pulp with honey.
- Epistaxis- Ingudi pulp with yashtimadhu.
- Wound- Ingudi taila local application.
INDICATIONS:
rechana purgative, kukkur kasa whooping cough and twak roga skin disorders.
USEFUL PART: Stem bark, Fruit, Seed oil
DOSAGE: Pulp- 100-500mg as expectorant.1-3 g as purgative
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
Ingudi tail