Parushaka

BOTANICAL NAME: Grewia asiatica

FAMILY: Tiliaceae

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Aacharya Charaka-Virechnopaga Mahakashaya,Jwarahara ,Shramahara

Aacharya Sushruta- Parushakadi Gana

Aacharuya Vagbhatta- Parushakadi Gana

Bhavaprakasha nighantu– Amradai Phala Varga

ENGLISH NAME: False Fruit

COMMON NAME:

Hindi: Falsa

Tamil: Palisa

Kannad: Tadasala

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

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

भावप्रकाश-पूर्वखण्ड-मिश्रप्रकरण – ७. आम्रादिफलवर्ग

परूषक

परूषकं तु परुषमल्पास्थि च परापरम् |

परूषकं कषायाम्लमामं पित्तकरं लघु |

तत्पक्वं मधुरं पाके शीतं विष्टम्भि बृंहणम् |

हृद्यन्तु पित्तदाहास्रज्वरक्षयसमीरहृत् ||८२||

HABITAT: Shrub or Small tree

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

It is a shrub or small tree growing to 8 m tall. The leaves are broadly rounded, 5–18 cm long and broad, with a petiole 1–1.5 cm long. The flowers are produced in cymes of several together, the individual flowers about 2 cm diameter, yellow, with five large (12 mm) sepals and five smaller (4–5 mm) petals. The fruit is an edible drupe 5–12 mm diameter, purple to black when ripe

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Plant contains B-Amyrin, Buteol, Lupeol

THERAPEUTIC USES:

• FEVERS- Fruit juice is recommended in fevers.
• PILES- Paste of Parushaka is applied locally over the pile mass.
• KSHAYA-Decoction of fruit does the brimhan karma of dhatu.

INDICATIONS:

Burning Sensation Daha, Piles Arsa, Emaciation Kshaya, Fever Jwara

USEFUL PART: Fruit,Roots, leaves

DOSAGE: Fruit juice : 10-20 ml

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

1. Parushakadi Leha
2. Drakshadi Kashayam
3. Chandanadi Tailam