Nili

BOTANICAL NAME: Indigofera tinctoria

FAMILY: Papilionaceae

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION

Charak- virechana

BHAVPRAKSH– Guduchyadivarga

ENGLISH NAME: Indigo

COMMON NAME: Hindi: Nili

Kannada: Kadu Nili

Punjabi: Neel

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

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

HABITAT: All over India

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:

It was widly cultivated in many parts of India. It is a branching shrub upto 2m high. Leaves are 2.5-7.5m long with 3-13 leaflets , opposite, green when fresh and greyish back on drying, tender branches bluish red in colour. Flowers are pink , numerous in lax racemes. Fruits are pale(pods), greenish grey when young and dark brown when ripened with 10-12 seed.

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Saponins, glyosideIndican

THERAPEUTIC USES

• Itching –Leaf paste is applied externally to heal wound quickly.
• Rabies- 50 ml of juice extract is mixed equal quantity of milk and adminsterd with in the morning.

INDICATIONS:

Udara Ascites, Gulma Abdominal tumour, Jwara Pyrexia, Moha Delusion

USEFUL PART: Whole plant

DOSAGE: Decoction: 10-20 gm

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

1. Neeli Bhringadi tailam
2. Neeli Muladi Gutika
3. Gorocanadi Vati