BOTANICAL NAME: Anethum sowa
FAMILY: Umbelliferae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:
Charaka: Asthapanopaga, Anuvasanopaga
ENGLISH NAME: Dill
COMMON NAME:
Hindi name: Soya
Bengali name: shaluka
Punjabi name: soya
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
शतपुष्पा शताह्वा च मधुरा कारवी मिसिः |
अतिलम्बी सितच्छत्रा संहिता छत्रिकापि च ||८०||
शतपुष्पा लघुस्तीक्ष्णा पित्तकृद्दीपनी कटुः |
उष्णा ज्वरानिलश्लेष्मव्रणशूलाक्षिरोगहृत् ||८१||
छत्रा शालेयशालीनौ मिश्रेया मधुरा मिसिः |
मिश्रेया तद्गुणा प्रोक्ता विशेषाद्योनिशूलनुत् |
अग्निमान्द्यहरी हृद्या बद्धविट्कृमिशूलहृत् |
रूक्षोष्णा पाचनी कासवमिश्लेष्मानिलान्हरेत् ||८२||
HABITAT: It is grown all over the India.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
The herb grows annually, up to 40-60 cm. Stem is clad with lacy, delicate. Leaves are blue green in color. Flowers are hermaphrodite and the fruit is oval in shape.
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERISTICS:
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Katu, tikta | Laghu, ruksha, tikshna | Ushna | Katu | Kapha vata shamaka |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Pungent, Bitter | Light, Dry, Sharp | Heating | Bitter | Kapha vata pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Carbohydrate, Calcium, Thiamin
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Suskarsas: Non- bleeding pile mass shall be fomented with a warm bolus of vacha and shatapushpa along with snigdha dravyas.
- Vatarakta: Oil prepared with the decoction of shatapushpa, Kushta and madhuka may be useful.
INDICATIONS: Jvara Pyrexia, Netraroga Diseases of the Eye, Śūlaprašamana Analgesic
USEFUL PART: fruit and oil
DOSAGE: powder: 1-3 gm and oil 1-3 drops
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
1. Arka soya and
2. Narayan oil