Ajagandha  Cleome gynandra strong smelling Ayurvedic medicine

PLACES OF ORIGIN –

Ajagandha consists of the seeds of , a strong smelling, somewhat foetid herb, 0.6 – 1 m high, found abundantly throughout warmer parts of India.

Ajagandha Cleome gynandra strong smelling Ayurvedic medicine

Latin name

• Cleome gynandra

Family

• Capparidaceae

Sanskrit  and other SYNONYMS

• Sanskrit    :    Paugandh¡
• Assamese    :    Bhutmulla
• Bengali    :    Hurhuria, Shulte
• English    :    Dog Mustard
• Malayalam    :    Atunari vela
• Marathi    :    Tilvan, Bhatvan, Mabli, Tilavana, Tilvant
• Oriya       :    Anasorisia, Anasorisa
• Punjabi    :    Bugra
• Tamil       :    Nal valai, Nal velai
• Telugu      :    Vaminta, Vayinta
• Gujrati      :    Talvani, Dhelitalavan
• Hindi        :    Hulhul, Hurhur, Kavalia
• Kannada    :    Naram bele Soppu, Nayeetulasi
• Kashmiri    :    Gandi Buti

Ajagandha Cleome gynandra strong smelling Ayurvedic medicine 2

Modern Classification —

• Kingdom    Plantae – Plants
• Subkingdom    Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
• Superdivision    Spermatophyta – Seed plants
• Division    Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
• Class    Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
• Subclass    Dilleniidae
• Order    Capparales
• Family    Capparaceae – Caper family
• Genus    Cleome L. – spiderflower
• Species    Cleome gynandra L. – spiderwisp

Ajagandha Cleome gynandra strong smelling Ayurvedic medicine seed

DESCRIPTION

• Seeds, small, 1-2 mm in diameter, kidney shaped, surface rough, dark brown or black.
• Woody Dark brown, oily; under microscope shows a number of fragments of epidermis of testa consisting of thin-walled, resembling like stone cells, polygonal cells; groups of cells, reddish-brown with non-lignified walls; starch and crystals absent. a large number of oval, rounded or irregularly shaped protein bodies;CONSTITUENTS  –
• Fixed oil,
• essential oil and oleoresin

PROPERTIES AND ACTION

• Rasa
• Katu
• Guna         :
• Laghu,
• Ruksha
• Virya     :
• sheet
• Vipaka     :
• Katu

Function or Karma , Ayurveda

• Hirdya,
• Dipana,
• Vatahara,
• Pittala,

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS  –

• Narayan churan

THERAPEUTIC USES  –

• Gulma,
• krami rog,
• kandu(some itaching),
• asthila (prostate),
• karn roga

DOSE  – Ayurveda drugs

• 1-3 g of the drug in powder form.