BOTANICAL NAME: Bauhinia variegata
FAMILY: Caesalpineacae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION
Charaka- Vamanopaga
Sushruta- Kashaya Varga, Urdhvabhagahara
Bhavprakash- Guduchyadi Varga
ENGLISH NAME: Mountain Ebony
COMMON NAME:
Hindi- Kachanar, Kanchanar, Kachnar
Punjabi- Kanchnar
Bengali- Kanchana Rakta Kanchana
Kannada- Keyumandar, Kanchavala
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
काञ्चनारः काञ्चनको गण्डारिः शोणपुष्पकः |
कोविदारश्चमरिकः कुद्दालो युगपत्रकः |
कुण्डली ताम्रपुष्पश्चाश्मन्तकः स्वल्पकेशरी ||८८||
काञ्चनारो हिमो ग्राही तुवरः श्लेष्मपित्तनुत् |
कृमिकुष्ठगुदभ्रंशगण्डमालाव्रणापहः ||८९||
कोविदारोऽपि तद्वत्स्यात्तयोः पुष्पं लघु स्मृतम् |
रूक्षं संग्राहि पित्तास्रप्रदरक्षयकासनुत् ||९०||
HABITAT: Punjab ,Western Peninsula and Assam
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
Habit-Tree. Leaves are simple, bilobed ,petiolate. Flowers are bisexual, short pedicab pink-purple in colour. Fruits have pod, hard flat and dehiscent
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Kashaya | Ruksha, laghu | Shita | Katu | Gandamalanashak | Kaphapittashamak |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Astringent | Dry, Light | Cold | Pungent | Goitre | Kapha pitta pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Tannins.
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Wound healing: Decoction of bark is used.
- Goitre: Bark lepa is used externally.
- Constipation: Flower gulkanda is given internally.
- Rectal prolapse: Kwath of dravya is used as local application.
INDICATIONS:
Apachi indigestion, Gandamalanashak goitre, krimiroga worm infection, Vranya complexion
USEFUL PART: Twak and Pushpa
DOSAGE: 20 -30 gm of the drug decoction
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
- Kanchnaargugglu
- Kaanchnaaradi kwath