| Botanical Name (Latin):
Ipomoea digitata
Sanskrit
Name:
Vidari
Common Name (English):
Wild Yam Root
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: -
Kapha: +
Rasa (Taste): madhura
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): shita
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
madhura
Guna
(Qualities):
The twenty gunas or qualities
of all substances are: Guru
(heavy) Manda
(dull) Shita
(cold) Ushna (hot)
Snigdha
(unctuous) Slaksna
(smooth) Sandra
(dense) Mridu
(soft) Sthira
(stable) Suksma
(subtle) Visada
(non-slimy) Laghu
(light) Tikshna
(sharp) Rooksha
(un-unctuous, dry) Khara
(rough) Drava
(liquid) Kathina
(hard) Sara
(unstable) Sthula
(gross) Piccila
(slimy)
Prabhava
(Special Potency):
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
all 7 dhatus, liver, spleen, reproductive system
The seven dhatus or tissues
are: Rasa (plasma, lymph), Rakta
(red blood cells), Mamsa
(muscle tissue), Meda (adipose
tissue), Ashti (bone tissue),
Majja (bone marrow, nervous
tissue
, connective tissue), Shukra
(male reproductive tissue), Artava
(female reproductive tissue)
Pharmacological
Action:
nervine, diuretic, tonic, spermatogenic, antiinflammatory/ Nadkarni = tonic, alterative, aphrodisiac, demulcent, lactagogue, mucilaginous, bitter taste
Indications
(Uses):
endometriosis, BPH, bone breaks, diabetes, spleenomegaly, hepatomegaly, peptic ulcer, ulcerative colitis, sexual debility, infertility, glaucoma, strabismus, ptosis, pregnancy, lactation, infertility, endometriosis, prostatic enlargement, bone break, female impotency, pain in uterus, general fatigue, diabetic, hepatomegaly, spleenomegaly, peptic ulcer, duodenal ulcer, glaucoma, strabismus, ptosis, gastric ulcer, ulcerative colitis, colitis with bleeding, intraoccular pressure
Contraindications
(Cautions):
fibrocsytics changes in ovaries
Constituents:
resin (similar to jalap resin) sugar, and principally starch
Active
Substances:
Plant Part
Used:
root
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