Prishniparni

BOTANICAL NAME: Uraria picta

FAMILY: Fabaceae

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Charaka: Angamardhaprashamana, Shothahara, Sandhaneeya

Sushruta: Vidarigandhadi gana, Haridradi gana

Bhavaprakash: Guduchyadi varga

ENGLISH NAME: Prsniparni

COMMON NAME:

Bengali: Salpani, Chhalani

Hindi: Pithavan, Dabra

Kannada: Murele Honne, Ondele honne, Prushniparni

Punjabi: Detedarnee

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

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

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HABITAT: All over India

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:

Perennial herb . Root – Occur in pieces of varying size, thickness of 1 to 2 cm, gradually tapering, tough,woody, cylindrical; externally light yellow to buff, internally pale yellow; surface bearing fine longitudinal striations; fracture, splintery or fibrous; taste, slightly acrid.

Stem – About 8.0 to 16.0 cm long, 0.2 to 0.4 cm in diameter, in cut pieces; cylindrical, branched, pubescent, external surface light yellow to brown; transversely cut and smoothened surface shows buff-white color, mature stem longitudinally wrinkled, leaf scar present at nodes; fracture, fibrous.Leaf – Very variable, imparipinnate, upto 20 cm or more long, upto 2 cm wide; leaflets on the upper part of the stem 5 to 7, rigidly sub-coriaceous, linear-oblong, acute, blotched with white; glabrous above, finely reticulate veined and minutely pubescent beneath, base rounded; leaflets on the lower part of the stem 1 to 3, sub-orbicular or oblong.

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, terpenoids, phenols. saponins tannins and glycosides. It also possesses macro elements like Sodium,Potassium etc.

THERAPEUTIC USES:

• Bony fracture – 5 gm root powder and turmeric powder mixed with hot water for 3 days.
• Fever – 20 gms of root powder is mixed with 400 ml of water, boiled and reduced to 60 ml and taken internally for 3 days.
• Gonorrhea – Poundered leaves are applied over the affected area.
• Snake poison – 20-30 ml of juice of the whole plant is taken internally for 3 days.
• Ulcer – 10 gm of root powder is taken along with honey for 7 days.
• Bleeding piles – 20 gms of root of Prisniparni and Bala is taken, mixed with 400 ml of water boiled and reduced to 100 ml and taken internally for 5 days
• Ulcerative colitis-Gruel cooked with Prishniparni is given.

INDICATIONS:

Atisara Diarrhea, Chardi Vomiting, Daha Burning sensation, Jvara Pyrexia, Kasa Cough, Shwasa Asthma

USEFUL PART: Root ,Whole plant

DOSAGE: 20-50 gm powder for decoction.

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

1. Amritarishta
2. Dashmool taila
3. Vyaghri Taila
4. Sirashooladi vajra ras