| Botanical Name (Latin):
Plumbago zeylanica
Sanskrit
Name:
Chitrak
Common Name (English):
White Leadwort
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: +
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): katu, tikta
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): ushna
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
katu
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):
inhibits tachycardia, arhythmia, agni dipana
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
mamsa, majja
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:
digestive, carminative, anthelmintic, diaphoretic,stim. cir.,dipana, appetizer, sympathetic diuretic, hepatomegaly,
Indications
(Uses):
dyspepsia, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, abdominal pain (v), spleenomegaly, spru syn., obesity, tape worms, giardia, gall stones, anorexia, tachycardia, multiple extrasystole, arhythmia, fungal infection, scabies, acute bronchitis, asthma, abdominalcholic, chronic dyspepsia, anorexia, bronchial congestion, ascites
Contraindications
(Cautions):
sweating hands and feet, pregnancy, bleeding conditions, peptic ulcer, ulcerative colitis
Constituents:
Active
Substances:
plumbagin
Plant Part
Used:
root, bark
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