Shatahwa

BOTANICAL NAME: Anethum sowa

FAMILY: Umbelliferae

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Charaka: Asthapanopaga, Anuvasanopaga

ENGLISH NAME: Dillsss

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|| (Haritkyadi Varga)

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:

  1. Suskarsas: Non- bleeding pile mass shall be fomented with a warm bolus of vacha and shatapushpa along with snigdha dravyas.
  2. 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

2. Narayan oil

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