HYOSCYAMUS NIGER or PARSEEK YAVANI VEDNASTHAPAN( ANALGESIC ) and a little MAADAK( NARCOTIC ) works on CNS

FAMILY–

• SOLANACEAE

LATIN NAME–

• HYOSCYAMUS NIGER

SANSKRIT NAME–

• PARSEEK YAVANI
• YAAVNI
• TURUSHKA
• MADKARINI

HINDI NAME-

• KHURASANI AJWAIN
• COMMONLY KNOWN AS HENBANE

PLACE OF ORIGIN-

• HIMALAYAN REGIONS.

GUNA

GUNA-

• RUKSH

RASA-

• TIKTA
• KATU

VIPAKA-

• KATU

VIRYA-

• USHNA

PRABHAVA-

• MAADAK( NARCOTIC )
• VEDNASTHAPAN( ANALGESIC )

ACTIONS AND USES-

SUPPRESES KAFA AND VATA DOSHAS AND INCREASES PITTA DOSHAS.

• ACTS AS ANALGESIC AND REDUCES OEDEMA AND CAN BE USED IN BREAST INFLAMMATION, SCROTAL INFLAMMATION, PILES, JOINT PAINS.
• ACTS AS HYPNOTIC AND ANTICONVULSANT,IN DISEASES LIKE PSYCHOSIS, MENINGITIS, INSOMNIA,.
• ACTS AS ANTIBIOTICS
• RELIEVES CONSTIPATION, GULMA AND OTHER GASTRIC CONDITIONS.
• ACTS AS HEART DEPRESSANT AND PROVIDES STRENGTH.ALSO ACTS AS BLOOD COAGULANT.
• ALSO HELP IN DYSPNOEIC AND COUGH CONDITIONS.
• ALSO ACTS AS URINARY DEPRESSANT, CAN BE GIVEN IN RENAL INFLAMMATIONS AND RENAL STONES.
• ACTS AS ANAPHRODIASIC, RELIEVES MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES, LEUCORRHOEA AND OTHER EJACULATORY PROBLEMS.
• IT IS A FAST ACTING DRUG AND QUICKLY CIRCULATES IN THE WHOLE BODY.
• STANDARD DOSAGE-
• POWDER- 0.25 – 1 gm
• USEFUL PARTS-
• LEAVES, FLOWERS AND FRUITS.
• MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS-
• PARASHIYADI CHURNA.

TOXIC EFFECTS-

• DELUSIONS
• PARALYSIS
• PSYCHOSIS
• ANAEMIA AND GENERAL WEAKNESS.

TREATMENT of Toxic effects –

• STOMACH WASH
• COW OR GOATS MILK.