BOTANICAL NAME: Bambusa arundinacea
FAMILY: Poaceae
ENGLISH NAME: Bamboo
COMMON NAME:
Hindi name: bans
Bengali name: bans
Punjabi name: magar bans
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
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शतपर्वा यवफलो वेणुमस्करतेजनाः ||१३२||
वंशः सरो हिमः स्वादुः कषायो बस्तिशोधनः |
छेदनः कफपित्तघ्नः कुष्ठास्रव्रणशोथजित् ||१३३||
तत्करीरः कटुः पाके रसे रूक्षो गुरुः सरः |
कषायः कफकृत्स्वादुर्विदाही वातपित्तलः ||१३४||
तद्यवास्तु सरा रूक्षाः कषायाः कटुपाकिनः |
वातपित्तकरा उष्णा बद्धमूत्राः कफापहाः ||१३५
HABITAT: It is grown all over the India, more in west and south India. It is also grown in Sri Lanka.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
A small to medium size tree about 8m high, oblong- lanceolate. Its leaves are minutely serrate. The flowers are solitary, pink or nearly white. The fruit is drupe, 3-6cm long with tough flesh. The Seeds are flattened, long and oval.
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERISTICS:
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Madhura, kashaya | Laghu, ruksha,tikshana | Sheeta | Madhura | Artavjanan | Kapha and pitta shamaka |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Sweet, astringent | Light, dry, sharp | Coolant | sweet | Oligomenorrhea | Kapha vata pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: nicotin acid, ascorbic acid, carbohydrates
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Rajorodha: Decoction of bamboo nodes 20 gm and satpushpa 40 gm mixed with jaggary induce mensturation.
- Alarka visha: Root of Ankota and Vamsa pounded with milk and given.
INDICATIONS:
Mutrakrichha Dysuria, Prameha Diabetes, Kustha Skin disorders
USEFUL PART: root, dried resin, tender shoot
DOSAGE: powder: 1-3 g, decoction: 50-100ml
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
1. Sitopladi churna
2. Taalishadya churna