BOTANICAL NAME
TEPHROSIA PURPUREA
FAMILY????????
LEGUMINOSAE
SYNONYMS NAMES
Sanskrit Name :- Banah, Banapunkha, Banapunkhah, Ishupunkhika, Kalashaka, Kalika,Kandapunkha, Kriti, Neelabralakrati,Nilavriksha, Nilavrksakrti,Plihari, Plihasatru, Plihashatru, Puleehashtree,Sarapunkha, Sarapunkhah,Sayakapunkha, Sharapuchchha, Sharapunkha
Hindi Name :- Sarphankha, Sarphenka, Sarphoka, Sarphomka, Sarphonka, Sarpanka,Ban-nil, Sar punkha, Pal, Bisoni, Biyani, Saphanko,Sarphanko, Dhamasia, Sarpankha, Boyonia
English Name :- Wild indigo
Tamil Name :- Kattukkolincai, Kolluk-kay-velai, Muka velai, Kayvelai, Kolunci
Telgu Name :- Bontavempali, Pamparachettu, Vempali, Karusembai, Tella vempali,Bonta vempali, Tellavempali, Vaympalie, Bonta vemapli,Thellavempali
Urdu Name :- Sarphoka, Sarabhuka, Sarphooka, Sarphuka
Bengali Name :- Ban-nil-gachh, Pilhari, Ban neel
Kannada Name :- Empali, Kaggi, Kogge, Koggili, Phanike, Vajaranili, Honnaavarike
Malyalam Name :- Colinil, Kattamari, Kazhinnila, Kazlunnilla, Kolinnil, Koluva,Kotikkolinnil, Kozhinnila, Korinil, Kozhinnil
Marathi Name :- Sharapunkha, Sirapakha, Udhadi, Unhal, Unhaali, Sarpunk, Unhali
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
PLANT DESCRIPTION (Botanical Identification) :- Perennial herb or undershrub 0.5-1.0 m high. Leaves imparipinnately compound, leaflets 13-19, oblanceolate, obtuse, retuse or mucronate,base cuneate, strongly nerved.Flowers bisexual, bright rosy-purple or violet, in leaf opposed racemes.
Root : Tap roots about 8-15 cm long, 0.5-1.0 cm thick, cylindrical, outer surface pale yellowish-white with faint longitudinal striations and many transverse lenticels; fracture short and splintery; fresh root having characteristic odour and bitter, slightly tingling taste. The transverse section of mature root shows extrenal 6-10 layers of usual cork cells followed by 2-4 layers of phelloderm.
Stem : Woody, 0.5-1.5 cm thick, cylindrical, slightly angular near the apex; outer surface green and glabrous. Transverse section shows 8-13 layers of cork followed by 3-5 rows of phelloderm consisting of parenchymatous cells containing abundant starch grains.
Leaf : Green, petiolate, imparipinnately compoud having 13-19 leaflets, which are entire,oblanceolate, obtuse or retuse, mucronate 2-2.8 * 0.5-1.2 cm; glabrous on upper surface,
PART? USED????????? :- ROOT, PANCHAANG KSHAR
DOSAGE?????? :- Churna 3 – 6 gm, Swaras 10 – 20 ml, Kshar 1 – 3 gm
Total ash 13.56 %, Acid insoluble ash 6.309 %
SCIENTIFIC/CLINICAL USES
Antiinflammatory |? Analgesic? |? Antipyretic? |? Antibacterial? |? Antifungal? | Anticancer? |? Hypoglycaemic? |? Antidiabetic? |? Immunomodulatory? |? Antioxidant? |? Chemopreventive
CLASSICAL FORMULATIONS
Yakrit Plihantak Churna
GERERNAL USES
- Tephrosia purpurea is also used traditionally as folk medicine.
- Sharpunkha has the great medicinal important in Ayurveda. It is a well-known ayurvedic herb, used in the treatment of liver cirrhosis and splenomegaly.
AYURVEDIC ATTRIBUTES????????
GUNA (Quality)???????
Laghu, Ruksha, Tikshan
RASA (Taste)??????????
Tikt, Kashay
VIPAK (Metabolism)??????????
Katu
VIRYA (Potency)????
Ushan
PRABHAV (Impact)???????????
Pliha
REFERENCES
1.Botany-sinhala website
2.^ Jump up to:a b c Heuz? V., Thiollet H., Tran G., Hassoun P., Lebas F., 2018. Ahuhu (Tephrosia purpurea). Feedipedia, a programme by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/654 Last updated on January 25, 2018, 14:36
3.The Bhavprakash nighantu with elaborated Hindi commentary by Padmashri prof. K.C. Chunekar, edited by Dr. G.S. Pandey: verse 210, edition of 1998: page no- 407-408.
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