BOTANICAL NAME
CONVOLVULUS PLURICAULIS
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMS NAMES
Sanskrit Name: – Laghuvishnukranta, Nilapushpi, Nilasankhapuspi, Sankhapuspi,Shankhapushpi, Vaishnava, Vishnugandhi, Vishnukranta,Vishnukranti,Visnukranta
Hindi Name :- Shankapushpi, Shyamakranta, Syamakranta, Visnukranta, Sankhpuspi,Phooli, Shankaveli, Sankhpushpi, Shnkhahuli
English Name :- English speedwheel
Marathi Name :- Shankavall, Vishnukrantha, Shankhavalli, Vishnukanta, Samkvel
Tamil Name :- Vishnu kanthi, Visnukiranti, Vittunukkiranti, Vittunumuli, Aparaci, Paracitam, Visnukkiranti, Vishnukarandi, Vishnukranti
Telgu Name :- Vishnukarandi, Vishnukranta, Vishnukranti, Visnukrantamu, Vishnukrantha, Erra vishnukaraantha
Urdu Name :- Sankhaholi
Bengali Name :- Barabhutra
Kannada Name :- Vishnukarandi, Vishnukranti, Visnukranti, Shankhapushpi
Malyalam Name :- Krsnakranti, Vishnukarandi, Vishnukranthi, Vishnukranti, Visnuklanti, Visnukranti, Vistnu-clandi
Oriya Name :- Krishna-enkranti
Tibetan Name :- Kha lsa pus syi (d), Sa nkha pu spa
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
PLANT DESCRIPTION (Botanical Identification) :- Perennial, prostate or sub-erect, spreading hairy herb, 10-30 cm long.Leaves simple, alternate, 1.5-7.0 * -0.3-0.8 cm, linear, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or mucronate, subsessile, villous on both sides, base tapering..
Root : usually branched, cylindrical, ribbed having some rough stem nodules and small secondary roots 1-5 cm long, 0.1-0.4 cm thick, yellowish-brown to lioght brown. Transverse section of root appears nearly circular in outline; cork coposed of 10-15 layers of tangentially elongated, thick-walled cells; cortex composed of 6-10 layers of oval to elongated, elliptical, parenchymatous cells and yellowish-brown, tanniferous, secretory cells present in this region;phloem composed of sieve elements, phloem parenchyma and phloem rays; xylem consisting of usual elements; vessels solitary or in groups of two with simple pits
Stem : Slender, cylindrical, about 1-2 mm in thickness with clear hairy nodes and internodes; light green. Transverse section of stem shows single layered epidermis, covered with thick cuticle; at places unicellular hairs present; cortex differentiated in two zones, 2-3 upper collenchymatous and 1-2 lower parenchymatous layers, both having round to oval, elongated, thin-walled cells; endodermis single layered; pericycle present in the form of single strand of fibres.
Leaf : Shortlt petiolate, linear-lanceolate, acute, hairy on both surfaces; 1.5-7.0 * 0.3-0.8 cm;light green.
Midrib : Appears convex in lower and concave in upper side; epidermis single layered, covered with thick cuticle; lower epidermis followed by 2-3 layers of chlorenchymatous cells; vascular bundle bicollateral, composed of usual elements of phloem and xylem.
Lamina : Shows epidermis on both surfaces covered with thick cuticle; hairs unicellular, present on both surfaces, palisade two layered, spongy parenchyma; palisade ratio 6-9; vein islet number 21-25 per sq. mm, stomatal index in lower surface 17-20, in upper surface 13.8-17.0; stomatal number in lower surface 184-248
PART? USED?????????? :-???? PANCHAANG
DOSAGE :-??????????????? Kalk 10 – 20 gms.
Alcohol soluble extractive 6 %, Water soluble extractive 10 %
SCIENTIFIC/CLINICAL USES
Spsmolytic? |? Hypotensive? |? Sedative? |? Antifungal? |?? Antimicrobial? |? Antiinflammatory? |?? Antistress? |? Hypoglycaemic? |?? Antiulcer? |? Hypolipodaemic? | Anti anxiety
CLASSICAL FORMULATIONS
Abhrak bhasma???????? |??? Agastya haritki rasayana???????? |????? Brahma rasayan????? |???????? Brahmi ghrita?????????? |??????? Brahmi vati??????????? |?????????? Gorochanadi vati??????? |?????? Manasamitra gutika??????? |??????? Manasamitra gutika
GERERNAL USES
- Shankhpushpi herb is an indigenous and considered as one the very important herbs in Ayurveda. According to Ayurveda, Shankhpushpi is pungent, alternative tonic, bitter, brightens intellect, improves complexion, increases appetite, useful in biliousness, epilepsy, bronchitis, teething troubles of infants etc.
AYURVEDIC ATTRIBUTES? ? ? ? ??
GUNA (Quality)???????
Snigdh, Pichil
RASA (Taste)??????????
Tikt
VIPAK (Metabolism)??????????
Madhur
VIRYA (Potency)????
Sheet
PRABHAV (Impact)???????????
Medhya
REFERENCES
- http://www.ayurvedicindia.info/12-benefits-of-shankhapushpi-uses/
- http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/
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