BOTANICAL NAME: Murraya koenigii
FAMILY: Rutaceae
ENGLISH NAME: Curry leaf
COMMON NAME:
Hindi: Mitha neem, Kadhi Patta, Kadi Patta
Kannada: Karibaevu
Punjabi: Kadhi Patta
HABITAT: Cultivated in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and North India.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
Leaves are very strong smelling, leaflets 11-25, ovate, serrate, shining. Flowers are white in small panicles. Calyx hairy. Petals linear-oblong, gland-dotted. Stamens 10, filaments dilated at the base. Ovary 2-celled, ovule one. Fruit in close clusters, oval pointed, dark-red berries.
Flowering and Fruiting Time is February-April
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Kashaya
Tikta Madhura |
Laghu
Snigdha |
Sheeta | Katu | ___ | Kaphavatshamak |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Astringent,
Bitter, Sweet |
Light
uncutous |
Cold | Pungent | ____ | Kaphavata pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS:
Alkaloids like koenidine, koenigine, koenimbine, mahanimbine.
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- VOMITING: Leaves of meetha neem helps in preventing vomiting.
- DIABETES: Leaves are useful in diabetes, piles etc.
INDICATIONS:
Kushtha roga Skin diseases, Atisara Diarrhoea, Shotha Swelling
USEFUL PART: Leaves, Roots
DOSAGE–
Powder: 3 to 6 g.
Juice: 10 to 20 ml.
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
- Kaidryadi kshayam
- Kalasakadi kashayam
- Arshoghana vati