Jayapal

BOTANICAL NAME: Croton tiglium

FAMILY: Euphorbiaceae

 

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION

Bhavaprakasha– Guduchyadi varga

 

ENGLISH NAME: Purging nut, Purging croton

COMMON NAME:

Hindi- Jamalgota

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read

जयपालो दन्तिबीजं विख्यातं तिन्तिलीफलम् |

जयपालो गुरुः स्निग्धो रेची पित्तकफापहः ||१७३||

 

HABITAT:

Native to South-East Asia.

Now cultivated in Assam, Bengal and South India.

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:

A small evergreen tree. Bark is smooth, ash colored. Young shoots are sparsely hairy. Leaves are thinly membranous, ovate, serrate, 3-5 nerved, dentate. Flowers are greenish yellow in racemes. Fruit are 1 inch in length, ovate, capsule, obtusely trigonous. Capsule are oblong and obtuse 3 lobes ,3 coccus.

AYURVEDIC CHARACTERSTICS:

RASA GUNA VEERYA VIPAKA PRABHAVA DOSHGHNTA
Katu Guru,

Rooksh,

Teekshan

Ushna Katu Kapha-pita

hara

AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:

TASTE PROPERTY POTENCY POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT ACTION EFFECT DOSHA ACTION
Pungent Heavy

Dry

Sharp/strong

Hot Pungent Reduces vitiated kapha and pitta

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Fixed oil

THERAPEUTIC USES:

  • Alopecia- The paste of purified seeds of jayapala is applied over scalp .
  • Erectile dysfunction- The paste of the seeds of croton tiglium is applied over the penile region as a part of treatment of erectile dysfunction.
  • Skin diseases-The paste of the seeds of Jayapala is applied over skin surface.

INDICATIONS

Kasa Cough, Shwasa Asthma and COPD, Kshataksheena Wound healing, Deepan Improves digestion.

USEFUL PART: Seed, Seed oil

DOSAGE: Seed- 25-50mg, Oil- 0.5-1 drop

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

  1. Ichabhedi
  2. Jwarmurari
  3. Jalodarari
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