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APARAJITA

 

Botanical Name— Clitoria ternatea Linn.
Family- FABACEAE

 

 

Names in different language

Hindi-Koyala; Telugu- Dintena , Malayalam – sangu pushpam
 

Synonyms— Asphota, Girikarni, Visnukrăntă, sankhapuspi, Sephanda, svetă, Mahă svetă.


Classification according to Caraka, Susrutha & Vagbhata

 

Caraka -Sirovirecanopaga


Susruta –


Vagbhata -- -

 

 

Introduction—This  plant’s root is specially used for leucoderma. It is also considered as Visahara. Brhat Trayi texts  do not come across the term Aparăjita.

Varieties & adulterants 

1. blue flowers

2. white flowers ( Both are identified as C. ternatea Linn. )

3. Sveta aparajitha – sreyi now it identified as Rasna

4. mahasevta aparajitha

5. katabhi – Albizza procera

6. Ksudra Sveta – C. ternatea

7. Canscora decussate   [AD]

8. convolvulus pluricaulis  [AD]

9. Evolvulus alsinodes   [AD]

 

 

Morphology

It is a perennial climber. Leaves- pinnate 5-9 foliolate.

Flowers- showy, blue or white, petals unequal, style bearded below the stigma.

Fruits- pods, linear, compressed.

Seeds- 6-10, black (Flowers in rainy season and fruits in winter).

 

Distribution & Habitat

Almost throughout India, wild or cultivated. Western - north India (Marwad), Egypt, Syria. Mesopotamia, Iraq. Persia, Arabia, Afghanistan etc. Dates and dhamasa grow in sandy regions.

 

 

Chemical Composition: It contains ‘yasa-sharkara’ (yasa sugar). If boiled with sour drugs, it gets converted into glucose.

 

It also contains glucose.Aparajitin, taraxerol, taraxerone, a— and I— sitosterols, robinin, quercetin, kaempferol; ternatins A,B,C,D etc

Properties—


Rasa- Katu, Tikta, Kasaya

Guna- Laghu, Rüksa


Virya-Sita

Vipăka- Katu


Karma -Tridosahara, Medhya, Visaghna, Cakusya

 

 

External uses

It alleviates swelling and pain. It has haemostatic action hence it is ued in piles specially bleeding piles. Piles are cleaned with the decoction and the paste of whole plant is applied over it. Leaf juice is used as nasal drops in headache. Oil boiled with dhamasa is used for massage in rheumatoi4 arthritis..

Decoction is used for gargling in stomatitis and for cleaning wounds. It prevents pus formation.

 

 

Internal uses
 

Nervous system : It has a tranquillizing effect on the brain hence it is used in symptoms like syncope, vertigo and brain weakness.

 

Digestive system : It is an antiemetic. antidypsetic. mild-laxative and cholagogue Therefore it is used in emesis. dyspepsia, constipation jaundice and piles. Kapha and pitta work together in the lower part of the stomach.It is used in healing ulcers of pylorus duodenum etc.

 

Circulatory system : Being haemostatic and blood purifier, it is useful in haemorrhagic disorders and vatarakta. Hot infusion of dhamasa is given to prevent small pox.

 

Respiratory system : It is used in common cold, cough, asthma as it acts as an expectorant and reduces the irritation of respiratory organs. Besides this, whole plant is used for smoking. Decoction is used for gargling in throat manifestations

 

Mansavaha srotas : Dhamasa is applied over neck stiffness.

 

 

Urinary system : It increases urination. Decoction is used in dysuria.

Reproductive system : Being spermatogenic, it is given in semen debility

 

Skin : It can be used in various skin disorders by.

 

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