BOTANICAL NAME: Pistacia chinensia Burgo, Pistacia integerrima Stew. ex Brandis, Rhus succedanea Linn.
FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION
Charaka- Kasahara, Hikka nigrahana, Madhura skanda
Shushruta- Kakolyadi ,Padamkadi gana
ENGLISH NAME: Crab’s claw
COMMON NAME:
Hindi- Kakadasingi.
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
शृङ्गी कर्कटशृङ्गी च स्यात्कुलीरविषाणिका |
अजशृङ्गी च चक्रा च कर्कटाख्या च कीर्तिता ||१५७||
शृङ्गी कषाया तिक्तोष्णा कफवातक्षयज्वरान् |
श्वासोर्ध्ववाततृट्कासहिक्कारुचिर्वमीन्हरेत् ||१५८||
HABITAT: Native of China and Japan. In India it is grown in the temperate Himalayas, from Kashmir, Sikkim to Bhutan
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: Dried galls hard, hollow, horn-like, thin-walled, generally cylindrical, tapering at both the ends, greyish brown externally and reddish brown internally, size varies from 2.5-30.0 cm or more, each gall contains numerous dead insects, odour, terebinthine, taste of powdered galls, strongly astringent and slightly bitter
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERSTICS:
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Kasaya, tikta | Guru | Usna | Katu | Kasahara | Kaphavatahara |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Astringent, Bitter | Heavy | Hot | Pungent | Expectorant | Balances kappha and vatta |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Essential oil, tannins and resinous matters
INDICATIONS
Jvara Pyrexia, Svasa Asthma, Kasa Cough, Hikka Hiccupps, Aruci Anorexia, Chardi Vomiting.
USEFUL PART: Galls
DOSAGE: 3-6 g of the drug in powder form
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
Balacaturbhadrika Curna