BOTANICAL NAME: Oroxylum indicum
FAMILY: Bignoniaceae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:
Charaka: Sothahara, Sitaprasamana, Anuvasaopaga
Sushruta: Rodhradi, Viratarvadi, Brihat panchmoola
ENGLISH NAME: Indian trumpet flower
COMMON NAME:
Hindi– sonapatha, shyonak, Tentoo
Punjabi– Tatpaling, Talvarphali
Bengali– Sonagachh
Kannad– Tigudu
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
श्योनाकः शोषणश्च स्यान्नटकट्वङ्गटुण्टुकाः |
मण्डूकपर्णपत्रोर्णशुकनासकुटन्नटाः |
दीर्घवृन्तोऽरलुश्चापि पृथुशिम्बः कटम्भरः ||२२||
श्योनाको दीपनः पाके कटुकस्तुवरो हिमः |
ग्राही तिक्तोऽनिलश्लेष्मपित्तकासप्रणाशनः ||२३||
टुण्टुकस्य फलं बालं रूक्षं वातकफापहम् |
हृद्यं कषायं मधुरं रोचनं लघु दीपनम् |
गुल्मार्शःकृमिहृत्प्रौढं गुरु वातप्रकोपणम् ||२४||
HABITAT: Throughout the greater part of India.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
The medium sized tree, light brown and soft bark. The leaves are very large 3-5ft., opposite pinnate, leaflets-2-4pairs, ovate, glabrous. The flowers are erect racemes, lurid purple, fleshy. The fruits capsules, straight tapering to both ends and the seeds are numerous, winged all round except base.
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERISTICS:
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Madhur, tikta, kshaya | Laghu, ruksha | Ushna | Katu | Dorbalya nashak, agnidipak | Kaphavata shamak |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Sweet, bitter, astringent | Light, dry | Heating | Pungent | Weakness, indigestion | Kapha-vata pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Flavonoids, Tannins
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Nasaroga: Dhuma with satapushpa, tvak, balamoola, syonaka, eranda, bilva and aragvadha mixed with ghee, vasa and bee-wax.
- Atisara: Syonaka putapakva svarasa is useful.
INDICATIONS:
AmavataRhemuatoid arhritis, AtisaraDiarrhoea, AruchiAnorexia, Kasa Cough, SothaSwelling
USEFUL PART: Root
DOSAGE:
5- 10 g in powder form
25 – 50 g decoction
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
1. Amrtarishta
2. Dasamularishta
3. Narayana taila
4. Dhanavantara ghrita
5. Dashamool kwatha churna