parna yavani

[sheji ramkumar]

sanskrit- Parna yavani
Malayalam - kanni koorkkila
very commonly used as first aid in respiratory disorders of children.

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman]

Oh this is a wonderful post Sheji ji..i had missed it to
comment...Coleus amboinicus, Lamiaceae...
Members can compare the photographs of C.vetiveroides & C.amboinicus
here..

Thank You

[Gurcharan Singh]

Hari ji

Please compare my plant, I thought it is Plectranthus amboinicus (Coleus amboinicus),. Two are looking different.

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[sheji]

Guru ji,
this is parna yavani, no doubt.

On May 3, 7:18 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hari ji
> Please compare my plant, I thought it is Plectranthus amboinicus (Coleus
> amboinicus),. Two are looking different.
>
> --
> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

>
>
>
> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:48 PM, sheji ramkumar <sheji...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > sanskrit- Parna yavani
> > Malayalam - kanni koorkkila
> > very commonly used as first aid in respiratory disorders of children.
>
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[Dinesh Valke]

.... to me, Sheji ji's and Gurcharan ji's plants look different.
Sheji ji's plant reminds me of "paan ova" (as they call it in Marathi and Konkani) ... Coleus aromaticus ... however not too sure.
Regards.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dinesh ji you may be right

There seems to be lot of mix up of local names between P. aromaticus and P. amboinicus, some even considering them synonymous but both GRIN and 'Sorting Plant Names' treat them as distinct species. Incidently according to latter both in English are Indian Borage, P. aromaticus has Indian names as Patharchur, Karpoorvalli and Pashanbhedi, but no local Indian name for P. amboinicus. French and Russian names for P. amboinicus as Plectranthus  aromatique and Plectranthus aromatnyi suggest how the names of two species are mixed up. I would for present conclude that Plant by Sheji ji is Plectranthus aromaticus (syn: Coleus aromaticus) and mine Plectranthus amboinicus

 

-- 
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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/ 

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman]

Thank You dinesh ji & Guru ji for the clarifications...i too was
thinking both the species to be synonymous and therefore was confused
after looking into Guru ji's post(I had seen both these plants but had
thought they were the same)...now i got it clear...SO the plant posted
here is C.aromaticus. Thanks for the corrections again

[Gurcharan Singh]

Hairi ji 

Since you deal more with plants based on local names here is some more information from Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database, University of Melbourne under the title 'Sorting Plant Names':

No Indian names are given under Plectranthus amboinicus

Names Patharchur, Pashan bhedi and Karpurvalli are given under P. aromaticus but there is a note beneath..........Considered by most authors as synonym of  Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng. Consequently  the names from India (Hindi & Tamil) should not apply to  this species but rather to Plectranthus barbatus Andr. below.

Names Makandi, Patharchur and Pashan bhedi are given under P. barbatus which is now correct name with following synonyms: Coleus barbatus (Andr.) Benth., Coleus forskohlii auct., Coleus forskohlii (Willd.) Briq., Coleus vettiveroides Jacob,  Plectranthus comosus Sims, Plectranthus forskohlii auct., Plectranthus forskohlii Willd. 

-- 
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/ 

[Divya Khare]

     Thank you all.

    This is called Doddapatre, Sambarsoppu in Kannada.

    It is a very common plant in household and is used as a popular home remedy for cold and cough.

    The leaves are made hot by keeping them on red hot charcoal for a few minutes. Then the leaves

    are squeezed and the juice is extracted. The juice is then mixed with honey and administered

    in the early morning on empty stomach. It is very effective, we commonly use it in our home.

         Also we prepare side dishes like chatni, Tambuli (leaves are fried with jeera, pepper, then grinded,

    added with buttermilk then given tadka/oggarane) etc. Its fragrance adds up flavour to the dishes.

 

     Regards,

     Divya Khare. 

 

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Very nice to hear about its household uses Divya ji. .  Also i have seen people preparing Bajji with the leaves of it. . .Thanks for sharing

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman]

Thank You Guru ji...
Just now had seen your informations. . .quiet interesting, Yes of
course C. amboinicus is considered as a source of Paashana bheda too
in West bengal (Kavirajas - Ayurvedic vaidyas of W.Bengal).

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman]

Also Guru ji,

I have got one thing confirmed that C.barbatus, C.vettiveroides & C.
forskohlii are all synonyms, I thought that C. forskohlii was a
different plant till now. . .Anyways Thanks for the useful &
interesting links

Hari

[Divya Khare]

   Thank you all.

   Major treatises of Ayurveda have not delineated or described Parnayavani. It is a European or Central Asian plant. It is described in the Arabic and Parsi books in India for the first time.

   Probably it entered the Indian Materia Medica during 9th Cen.A.D. P.V.Sharmaji reported that "Yavani vishesha" of Dhanvantari nighantu is Parnayavani. However it appears as "Khurasani Ajwain". Vrinda Madhava quoted it as Krimighna(anthelminthic) for the first time.

   It is noticed that C.forskohlii is commonly used as Parnayavani.

 

  Therapeutic uses - in Diarrhoeal disorders, liver disorders, urinary problems and in worm infestations.

 

   Research on C.forskohlii :-

 * Infusion of forkolin (0.2 micro gm / kg / min) in anaesthetised dog increased renal blood flow(RBF) and glomerular filtration rate(GFR) to same degree. It also increased urine flow and urinary Sodium excretion. Increase in RBF and GFR may be due to preferential action of forskolin in dilating afferent arterioles (Jap. J. Pharmacol. 1991. 55, 161).

 

 * Forskolin showed positive inotropic and chronotropic effects on isolated spontaneously beating guinia pig atrium (C.R.Seances Soc. Biol. Fil. 1085, 179, 777).

 

 * Forskolin induced maximum immuno-stimulant activity at 5mg/kg dose in female mice [Eur. 126, 313(1984) Nov.28]

 

 * Forkolin at 25.78 micro gm increased percentage of motile spermatozoa in bull (Andrologia 1989, 21, 293).

 

 * 1,9 - dideoxy forskolin showed anti inflammatory activity in Carrageenin induced rat paw oedema (ED-50 2.2 mg/kg, i.p.) - (Chem. Abstr. 1989, 110, 147859k).

 

 * Forskolin (0.5 mg) lowered intra ocular pressure in rabbits and suppressed contraction of electrically stimulated CNS, partly by inhibiting sympathetic neuronal function (Curr. Eye. Res. 1985, 4, 87).

 

 * In anaesthetised rabbits, forskolin (10 micro gm / kg / min) increased blood flow in cerebrum and increased flow to myocardium and kidney despite decrease in mean arterial pressure (Stroke 1986, 17, 1299).

 

     Thank you, 

    Divya Khare.

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thank you Divya ji for the wonderful details that you had added up here. . .