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.
| 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:
- Ichabhedi
- Jwarmurari
- Jalodarari