Krishna Tila

BOTANICAL NAME: Sesamum indicum

FAMILY: Pedaliaceae

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Bhavaprakasha nighantu– Dhanya varga

ENGLISH NAME: Sesame

COMMON NAME:

Hindi: Tila

Bengali:Tilagaacha

Kannad: Bullelu

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

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

तिलः कृष्णः सितो रक्तः सवर्ण्योऽल्पतिलः स्मृतः |
तिलो रसे कटुस्तिक्तो मधुरस्तुवरो गुरुः |
विपाके कटुकः स्वादुः स्निग्धोष्णः कफपित्तनुत् ||५३||
बल्यः केश्यो हिमस्पर्शस्त्वच्यः स्तन्यो व्रणे हितः |
दन्त्योऽल्पमूत्रकृद् ग्राही वातघ्नोऽग्निमतिप्रदः ||५४||
कृष्णः श्रेष्ठतमस्तेषु शुक्रलो मध्यमः सितः |
अन्ये हीनतरः प्रोक्तास्तज्ज्ञै रक्तादयस्तिलाः ||५५||

HABITAT: An erect annual plant grown upto an height of 3 feet.

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: Leaves broad lanceolate, flowers tubular with four lobed mouth fruit is pubescent seeds small oval numerous.

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Plant contains isoaristolochine , asovanilin, aristolochin, alkaloid aristolochine.

THERAPEUTIC USES:

• Diabetes mellitus-The sesame seeds are useful to treat diabetes mellitus ,cholesterol.
• Ulcers wound and piles– The paste of seeds is helpful to heal wound ulcers and piles
• Pain and swelling– The oil prepared from the seeds of the plant is applied over joints affected with pain and swelling.
• Diseases of mouth- The paste prepared from the seeds applied over the weak teeth, diseases of mouth.

INDICATIONS:

Shotha Swelling, Sandhi vedana Joint pain, Vrana Ulcers, arsha piles

USEFUL PART: seeds, seed oil

DOSAGE: powder 3-6 gm

Oil 10- 20 ml

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

1. Narayana taila
2. Mahanarayan taila
3. Prasarini taila
4. Ksheerbala taila