gambhari

[sheji ramkumar]

sanskrit -Gambhari
malayalam - kumizh
latin - Gmelina arborea
Family - Verbinaceae

[tanay bose]

Nice photo Sheji Ji !! but please correct the family name it will be Verbenaceae.
Regards
Tanay

--
Tanay Bose
+91(033) 25550676 (Resi)
9830439691(Mobile)
9674221362 (Mobile)

[sheji]

Oh.........sorry
Thank you Tanay ji for correcting me.

On May 6, 5:20 pm, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice photo Sheji Ji !! but please correct the family name it will be *
> Verbenaceae.*
> Regards
> Tanay

[Dinesh Valke]

Gmelina arborea ... is commonly known as: Cashmere tree, coomb teak, goomar teak, kashmir tree, Malay bush-beech, white beech, white teak • Assamese: gomari • Bengali: গামার gamar, গাম্ভারি gambhari • Gujarati: શેવન shevan • Hindi: भद्रपर्णी bhadraparni, गमहर or गम्हड़ gamhar • Kannada: ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರಿ ಮರ kaashmiri mara, ಶಿವನಿಮರ shivanimara • Khasi: dieng lophiang • Konkani: शिवन shivan, सीनी sini • Malayalam: കുമിഴ് kumizh, കുമ്പിള്‍ kumpil • Manipuri: ৱাঙ wang • Marathi: शिवन or शिवण shivan, थोरशिवणी thorshivani • Mizo: thlanvawng • Naga: imbeh ching • Nepalese: कामरी kamari • Oriya: bhodropornni, butalo, thlanvawng • Punjabi: ਫਕਡ਼ਾ phakra • Sanskrit: गम्भारी gambhari, सिन्धुपर्णी sindhuparni, सिन्धुवेषणम् sindhuveshanam, स्तूलत्वचा stulatvacha • Tamil: குமுதை kumutai, கூம்பல் kumpal, பெருங்குமிழ் peru-n-kumil • Telugu: పెద్ద గుముడు టేకు pedda gumudu teku


Regards.

[tanay bose]

Welcome Sheji Ji
Tanay

[sheji]

Eneumarated among:

by Carak - sodha hara[ which reduces edema] , virechanopaga
[ purgative] , daha prasamana[ which reduces burning]

susruth - brihat panchamoola, saribadi gana.

properties:

tridosha hara, especially kapha hara,
reduces- kshaya, sopha, trishna, brama, srama, vata
rog, ama soola, santapa, arsa, sukra dosha, visha, jwara,
rakta dosha,

agni deepana, ama pachana, medhya, mala nissaraka.


pakwa phala: madura-amla-tiktha rasa
guru, snigda guna
seetha veerya
madhura vipaka.

vatha-pitha hara, kapha kara, sukra vardhaka,
rasayana, kesya, medya,
used in- vatha raktha, daha,kshatha, kshaya,
moothraghata, mala badhata.
sreshta among - raktha pitha prasamana &
raktha sangrahaneeya.

pushpa: raktha pitha prasamana, vatha kara, grahi, used in
asrukdhara

moola: tikta-kashaya-madhura rasa
guru- rooksha guna
ushna veerya
katu vipaka.
medicinal uses:

root - decotion with yashti madhu+madhu+guda - in soothika
jwara, sopha, sthanya nasa.
- thaila prepared by kashaya&kalka - for sthana pushti.

phala majja- seetha kashaya+ guda - in sarvanga daha, trushna,
paithika jwara.


On May 6, 5:33 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Gmelina arborea* ... is commonly known as: Cashmere tree, coomb teak,

> > > 9674221362 (Mobile)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman]

Good post Sheji ji. . .

A very important ingredient of the DASHAMOOLA DRAVYAS ( A group of ten
Roots). . .i would like to add further more photos to it. . .also
thanks for the medicinal details. . .it would have been better if the
explanations were in English so that it helps all in their perusal.

Thank you Dinesh ji for giving the Regional names. . .A small
correction, in Ayurveda this plant has been explained in the name
"Kaashmarya" actually...The term "Gambhari" was adopted as a name into
Ayurveda due to its familiarity among a tribal group in Bihar, who use
the term Gambhari for this plant

Thank You
Dr Hari

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Adding few more photographs to Gmelina arborea

Dr Hari

[sheji]

good ....nice photos

On May 7, 12:32 pm, "Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman"

<ayurharivenkat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Adding few more photographs to Gmelina arborea
>
> Dr Hari
>

>  Gmelina-arborea-tree1.jpg
> 73KViewDownload
>
>  Gmelina-arborea---Phyllotaxy.jpg
> 27KViewDownload
>
>  Gmelina arborea - unripe fruits.jpg
> 44KViewDownload

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Dear members,

Gmelina arborea is called as Kaashmari or Kaashmarya in Ayurveda, you will never come across the term Gambhari in any of the texts of Ayurveda.

The Fruits:

The fruits of Gmelina arborea has been accredited under the “Madhura Triphala” or “Maha triphala”( A group of 3 sweet fruits).

Also the fruits have been told to be substituted in place of Draksha(VITIS VINIFERA) if it would not be available.

The fruits are Aphrodisiac, Rejuvenating, nourishes the tissues in the body

The leaf:

A text called “Anangaranga” explains about an oil which is prepared out of the leaves of Gmelina arborea, and applied externally to increase the size of Sthana (Breasts).

The Flowers:

Flowers are said to be Sangrahi (Astringents) and also increases Vaata in the body & so it has been explained to be used in a disease called Raktapitta (Bleeding through any of the Orifaces in the body)

The Bark:

The root bark is the officinal part of the drug in the group of DASHAMOOLAS, which is said to cure Inflammations.

Adulterants & Substitutes:
1. The stem bark is used as a common substitute in place of Root bark.

Which could be readily distinguished by its curved & Quill shape, lenticellate, rough, dark & Grey nature.

2.”Gmelina asiatica” is also substituted in place of the genuine samples., in South India

3. “Premna flavescens” is used as an adulterant of the genuine market material.

Thank You

Dr Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman

[Gurcharan Singh]

Here are  Flowers and fruits of Gmelina arborea

--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[tanay bose]

Thanks Hari Ji for the elaborate and informative note and Gurcharan Ji for the extra set of fascinating photos
Tanay

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thank you Tanay ji. . .

Thank you Guru ji. . .for the fantastic photographs. . .Here in koppa the fruits were just ripening so i had thought that i would post them once they ripen. . .you had helped us with the inflorescence & the ripened fruits sir. . .May i ask you one thing sir...which camera do you use sir. . .the photographs of yours always come out very well. .. .any extra lens do you use???

Dr Hari

[sheji]

Hari,
please ref. 'bhava prakas'- there can find " gambharee bhadra parni
cha sreeparnee madhuparnika......"

and in 'raja vallabha nighantu- "gambharee moolamatyushnamahitam
manushe tu tat....."

Sheji.

On May 7, 1:08 pm, "Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman"

<ayurharivenkat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear members,
>
> Gmelina arborea is called as Kaashmari or Kaashmarya in Ayurveda, you will
> never come across the term Gambhari in any of the texts of Ayurveda.
>

> *The Fruits:*

>
> The fruits of Gmelina arborea has been accredited under the “Madhura
> Triphala” or “Maha triphala”( A group of 3 sweet fruits).
>
> Also the fruits have been told to be substituted in place of Draksha(VITIS
> VINIFERA) if it would not be available.
>
> The fruits are Aphrodisiac, Rejuvenating, nourishes the tissues in the body
>

> *The leaf:*

>
> A text called “Anangaranga” explains about an oil which is prepared out of
> the leaves of Gmelina arborea, and applied externally to increase the size
> of Sthana (Breasts).
>

> *The Flowers:*

>
> Flowers are said to be Sangrahi (Astringents) and also increases Vaata in
> the body & so it has been explained to be used in a disease called Raktapitta
> (Bleeding through any of the Orifaces in the body)
>

> *The Bark:*

>
> The root bark is the officinal part of the drug in the group of DASHAMOOLAS,
> which is said to cure Inflammations.
>

> *Adulterants & Substitutes:*

[Gurcharan Singh]

Hari Ji

Thanks for appreciating my photographs. My camera is nothing in comparison to ones used by Dinesh ji, Satish Phadke ji and Garg ji. I have been asking them for tips. Mine is Digital SLR Sony alpha 100, with normal lens (16-72) and a telephoto-lens (72-315) which I use for Trees. For closeups I have simple extension tubes of various length, which I use in different combinations. My next target is Macro lens. Let us see when I acquire that.

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Dinesh Valke]

Gurcharan ji, feeling very proud that my camera's status has got uplifted ... mine is DSLR "type" ... not true DSLR ... it is Panasonic Lumix DMC G1 with interchangeable lens --- 14 - 45 mm and 45 - 200 mm.
In other words, "Point and Shoot".

My yearning is for a macro lens ... alas, it costs more than sum total of camera body + 14 - 45 lens !!

Regards.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dinesh hi

Yes Dinesh ji. My camera and accessories are all courtesy my son. Few months back I wrote to him about macro lens, but after he wrote back that a good one will will cost more than 40,000, I opted for extension tubes. 

   Yes I also have panasonic  Lumix DMC-ZS3 a compact handy camera with 25 mm wide lens, 12x AVCHD lite and HD. It has 10.3 mexapixel lens but I love and use it for HD video recording. I have bought a 8 gb card, and it really gives very good video. I have almost forgotten using my handycam (again Sony).

[VEENA NAIK]

Ya, Sheji ji, Gambhari is told in Bhavaprakash as,

          

             " gambhari bhadraparni cha shreeparnim madhuparnika I

               ............

                kasmari tuvara tikta viryoshna madhura guru I

                deepani pachani medhya bhedini bhramashoshajitI

                dosha trushna amashoolaarshovishadahajwarapaha II

 

       Its syn- bhadraparni, shreeparni, madhuparnika, kashmiri, heera, kashmari,

                    kashmarya, krushnavrunta, madhurasa, mahakusuma gambhari

     

          Guna- guru,

          Rasa- madhura, tikta

          Virya- ushna,

       

      Its karma are, deepani(kindles the agni), pachani(helps in digestion), medhya

        (increases  intellectual power), bhedini,it wins over bhrama shosha.

         

        It is used in the disorder like trusha(thirst), indigestion, arsh(haemorrhoids), visha

        (toxic condition), daha(burning sensation), jwara(fever).  

         take care,

         veena.

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thank You Sheji ji & Veena ji for pointing out my mistake. . .i admit that. . .Actually i have the habit of typing the material in word documents when i will be free. .. in that context  i was searching for a phrase in English to convey the meaning of BRUHATRAYEE. . .with a dilemma i was typing, confused whether to use the term Major Classical triads or 3 major lexicons of Ayurveda. . .then simply had thought to edit it later, added a simple phrase and i forgot to edit it while posting which is a great mistake i understand. . .

Actually till the Nighantu Kala the term Gambhari was not used in any of the texts. . .it was after the familiarity of this drug in an Ethnic group in the regions of the Present Bihar state, the local name became very familiar and was adopted by the Nighantu writers in their texts. . .there are such so many examples we could state where the local names have got changed into classical names. . .

Thanks for the pointing it out...i will promise to take utmost care while typing it in future

Dr Hari

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thank you Guru ji for sharing your Camera details. . .i think your camera kit would be too heavy to carry. . .with all those materials. . .anyways interesting to hear. .. Sony Alpha 100k is a good selection. . .I am also crazy about Macro lenses. . .wish you all the best to acquire a good Macro lens at the earliest. . .

Thank you Dinesh ji too. . . i was aware of your Panasonic camera long back through Dr Brijesh, both of us had seen your photographs in FLICKER a few months back. . .also i happened to see a few in Bodhi groups when he had added T.cordifolias inflo. . . this camera too gives good results i agree. . .

[VEENA NAIK]

Its ok dont feel bad.............

[VEENA NAIK]

Its ok sir dont feel bad,.............

[sheji]

I did it because many undergraduates are there in our forum, thy
should not be misguided, right. I am sure u wont feel bad because we
all are here to share & learn ...., mistakes happens. when guruji
cleared confusion about Calotropis, i felt"if thy are of any
use......mistakes are good".

Take care

On May 7, 11:17 pm, "Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman"

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Of course Sheji ji...it was right that you had pointed it out. . .it is a group and all of us are here for learning. . .and mistakes from every body is common. . .there is nothing to feel bad. .. no one should be misguided. . .you are correct Sheji ji. . .

Thank You