BOTANICAL NAME: Saccharum munja Roxb.
FAMILY: Poaceae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:
Sushruta: Trina Panchmoola
ENGLISH NAME: Pin red grass
COMMON NAME:
Sanskrit name: baan
Hindi name: Munja, sarpat
Bengali name: sher
Punjabi name: Munja
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
भद्रमुञ्जः शरो बाणस्तेजनश्चक्षुवेष्टनः |
मुञ्जो मुञ्जातको बाणः स्थूलदर्भः सुमेखलः ||१३७||
मुञ्जद्वयन्तु मधुरं तुवरं शिशिरं तथा |
दाहतृष्णाविसर्पाममूत्रकृच्छ्राक्षिरोगजित् |
दोषत्रयहरं वृष्यं मेखलासूपयुज्यते ||१३८||
HABITAT: shrub growing along the river on plain of India resembling Sugar cane.
It is in the greater part of North West India.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: It is a tall handsome grass, 8 to 12 feet high, about 12-18 ft in height, upper leaves long, 5- 7ft in length. Flowers are pinkish, voilet spikelets lanceolate.
Flowering time: rainy season
Fruiting time: summer
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERISTICS:
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Madhura, tikta | Laghu, snighda | Sheeta | Madhura | Mutravirechniya | Tridosha har |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Sweet, Bitter | Light, Oily | Coolant | Sweet | Helpful in urination | Tridosha pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: lignin, cellulose, furfural
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Ashmari:Ghee prepared with kusha, kasa, sara etc. will be useful
- Ksataja Kasa:Goats milk processed with Sara etc should be given
INDICATIONS:
Daha Burning sensation, Trishna Thirst, Mutrakricha Dysuria, Netra roga Eye disorders
USEFUL PART: Root
DOSAGE: 50-100ml (kwatha)
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
1. Trinpanchmool kwatha
2. Brahmi Rasayana
3. Indrokta Rasayana
4. Sukumara ghrita