Ayurveda Drugs USTUKHUDUS LAVANDULA STOECHAS

USTUKHUDUS

FAMILY –

• LABIATAEA

LATIN NAME –

• LAVANDULA STOECHAS

HINDI NAMES –

• DHARU,
• ALFAJAN
• Commonly known as ARABIAN
• OR FRENCH LAVENDER.

Drugs USTUKHUDUS LAVANDULA STOECHAS

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION –

• OIL EXTRACTS from flowers which is reddish –yellow in colour.

GUNA

• GUNA-
• TIKSHNA,
• RUKSHA

RASA –

• KATU,
• TIKTA

VIPAKA –

• KATU

VIRYA –

• USHNA

PRABHAVA –

• MAIDHYA

ACTIONS AND USES –

• diminishes KAFA AND VATA DOHSAS.
• Its paste can be applied in case of OEDEMA.
• HELPFUL IN MENTAL DEBILITY, PSYCHOSIS, EPILESY,PARALYTIC CONDITIONS, NEURALGIA.
• It has an ANTICONVULSIVE action and can also be given in paralytic conditions.
• Stimulates heart and blood circulation.
• Relieves gastrointestinal disorders like CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, FLATULENCE,STOMACHACHE, HEPATOMEGALY, ASCITES etc.
• Helpful in SINUSITIS, COUGH, ASTHMA and other respiratory problems,in case of breathing problems it is given alongwith JUFA( hyssopus officianale),MISHREYA(foeniculum vulgare), and MULETHI(glycirrhiza glabra) as KWATHA PREPARATION(drugs are boiled in water,8 times the quantity in which the drug is taken and allowed to boil until the water remains ¼ th of the amount taken).
• It acts as SHIROVIRECHAN and hence helpful in reducing increased KAFA dosha.

USTUKHUDUS LAVANDULA STOECHAS

USEFUL PARTS –

• FLOWERS AND LEAVES

STANDARD DOSE –

• CHURNA(dry powder)- 3-6 gm.

PREPARATIONS –

• SYRUP,
• ARKA