JYOTISMATI
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JYOTISMATI
Botanical Name— Celastrus paniculatus willd.
Family- CELASTRACEAE
Names in different
languages
Hindi-Malkangani;
English-Staff tree; Tamil- Valulavai; Malayalam Paluruvam, cheru punnayari
Synonyms— Tejasvini,
Katabhi, Pita taila, Supingala, Kãkãndi.
Scientific
classification: Staff trees make up the
order Celastrales. The typical genus is Celastrus.
Classification according to Caraka, Susrutha & Vagbhata
Caraka
Sirovirecana
Susruta
Arkädi, Adhobhãgahara, Sirovirecana
Vãgbhata Arkãdi
Introduction—
This drug considered as
medya, rasayana , mangment of sidgma kustha & bhagandara. It mentioned in
vedic literature .
Varieties &
adulterants - (CV – controversy, AD – adulterants)
1.Alavana
2.Salavanã
3.Rakta Phanha
4.Raktaphala.
5.
Kãkãdani(Kãkamardanikã) - Cardiospermum helicacabum Linn.
6. Tejovati— Zanthoxylum
budrunga wall.
Celastrus scandens
Celastrus scandens
Morphology
It is a climbing or
scrambling shrub, the young shoots and branches pendulous.
Leaves—glabrous, broadly
ovate or obovate, acuminate or acute.
Flowers—unisexual,
yellowish-green, borne in terminal, pendulous panicles.
Fruit— capsule, globose,
3-valved, 3-celled, 3-6 seeded. Seeds are enclosed in complete red, ovoid, brown.
(Flowers throughout the year).
Distribution & Habitat
Tropical
and subtropical Himalayas upto 1500m (Punjab to Assam) & Bihar and South
India
chemical constituents
Root-bark & stem— pristimerin
Seeds— celapagine, celapanigine, celapanine, celastrol, celastrine, paniculatine,malkanguniol, malkangunin, paniculatadiol, 1-amyrin, beta—sitosterol; acetic, benzoic, formic, linoleic acids etc.
Properties—
Rasa Katu, Tikta
Guna Tiksna
Virya Usna
Vipãka Katu
Karma Kapha-vätahara, Dipana, Medhya Rasãyana
Internal use
Nervous system : Improves memory , enhances grasping power. Cow’s
ghee and jyotishmati oil mixture is used as a memory enhancer.
Digestive system appetizer. Snigdha and ushna gunas improve
peristalsis and are therefore useful in overcoming constipation and abdominal
distension (flatulence).
Circulatory system : cardio tonic. improves cardiac output.
Therefore useful in bradycardia and oedema, Black oil of jyotishmati is useful
in breathlessness; \yellow oil is used in osteoarthritis (external use).
Respiratory system It is used for nasya also useful in asthma and
bronchitis.
Urinary system :
increase renal circulation ,it acts as a diuretic.
Reproductive system : Aphrodisiac. It is used in infertility
(impotency).
Skin : Diaphoretic and cures skin disorders. It is
used as antipruritic.
Temperature : diaphoretic, it is used as antipyretic. Within
3-4 hrs. it reduces fever by promoting sweating.
It is seen that
intelligence promoting drugs are usually agnivardhak and this agni is
sadhakagni. (Sadhak is one of the types of pitta). A person of piña prakruti
has sharp agni. He/she feels more thirsty and more hungry. Pitta prakruti
people are intelligent.
Dosage— Powder 3-5g. oil
5-15 drops
Srotogamitva
Dosha Kaphavataghna (oil) ,,piña and agni vardhak.
Dhatu : Majja.
Mala Purisha (sara), sweda (10-20 drops).
Its best action is seen on the nervous system.
Organ : Stomach
Dosha Kaphavataghna (oil) ,,piña and agni vardhak.
Dhatu : Majja.
Mala Purisha (sara), sweda (10-20 drops).
Its best action is seen on the nervous system.
Organ : Stomach
Indications—
Kustha, Vatavyadhi, Udara, Gulma
Important research work
going on
1. skin diseases
2. antispermatogenic effect
Therapeutic Uses—
(1) Artava ksaya— Consumption of Jyotismati leaves (fried) along with Kanjika relieves amenorrhoea (C.D.).
(2) Sidgma— Jyotismati oil processed with Apamarga ksãra jala for 7 times may be applied locally (A.H.Ci.19). -
(3) Udara— Jyotismati oil, Sarjaksãra and Hingu should be taken with milk (S.S.Ci.14).
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