Barleria - white
reshmi pushpan
Barleria with white flowers
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Reshmi Sarin.
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sangeeta sangvikar
sheji
welcome to bodhi
sheji
On Aug 15, 6:00 pm, sangeeta sangvikar <sangeetasan...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> nice photos sheji.....gud job.
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> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 4:53 PM, sheji ramkumar <sheji...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Barleria with white flowers- Hide quoted text -
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Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman
Dear Sheji ji thanks for the post…it is probably Barleria cristata, Acanthaceae.. And a very warm welcome to Sangeetha ji to the Bodhi groups...
IMPORTANCE OF SAHACHARA IN MEDICINE
Sahachara is a very important drug in Ayurveda… widely used against Vataja disorders, especially Hemiplegia (Paralysis), Sciatica etc., both as an external application in the form of Oil (Sahacharadi Tailam) and also internally in the form of Decoction (Sahacharadi Kashayam).
The drug helps healing Ulcers, Swellings, Poisonous affections, itching, Skin diseases, cough, Toothache, Gum diseases and in general to strengthen the Nervous system.
LEAF JUICE
Juice of the leaves is said to purify the Blood and Semen.
Officinal Part of the drug in Ayurveda is the root of the plant.
IMPORTANT
FORMULATIONS
Sahacharadi Kashayam, Sahacharadi tailam, Maha rasnadi Kashayam
According to the Classics, Sahachara is a Gregarious shrub (Syn: Sahacharah, Sahaacharah), possesses spiny structures (Syn: Kurantakah, Rujakarah), and occurs in exposed habitats like deserts, Naked hill tops, Sea Coast (Syn: Saireyah, Saireyaka).
VARIETIES
Bhava Prakasha Nighantu mentions 4 varieties having, Red, Yellow, Blue and White flowers. Most of which have been equated with different species of the Genera Barleria.
Red & White flowered – Barleria cristata
Yellow flowered – Barleria prionitis
Blue flowered – Barleria strigosa
However the Classical Ayurvedic texts mentioned Saireyaka Yugma (2 varieties of Saireyaka), which we come across in Varunadi Gana of Vagbhatta. (Yugma means ‘pair’)
Kerala Physicians understand these two varieties to be as the Dark one (Karim kurunji) and the White one (Ven kurunji). Out of the two varieties the most commonly used variety is Karim Kurunji. (However as per the physicians both the varieties have the same Therapeutic value)
CONTROVERSY OF THE DRUG
Karim Kurunji (Dark variety)
Rheede’s Hortus malabaricus reveals that Ecbolium viride of Acanthaceae had been the accepted source of the drug in Kerala in those days.
But in current practice, Nilgirianthus ciliatus is mainly used as Sahachara in Kerala.
MARKET SAMPLES OF SAHACHARA IN KERALA reveals that Nilgirianthus heyneanus also comes out in the name of Sahachara.
The synonyms which supports the view of Niligirianthus sp. Being used as sahachara . . .
Sahachara – Plants that are found in groups giving bushy appearance and covering a large area
Mrudu Kantaka - that which possesses soft spines
Baana – Causing mild pain on touch
Mrudu Kaanda – Soft stem.
Ven kurunji – White variety
The botanical identity of Sweta Sahachara (Ven Kurunji) is also disputed
Indian Materia Medica and Chopra equate this white variety as Barleria courtallica.
Rheede’s Hortus malabaricus mentions Justicia betonica as the White variety.
In North Malabar region, another plant named Calacanthus grandiflorus (Vaazha Kurunji in Malayalam) is used as Sahachara.
To conclude
In South India, the sources are
Black variety (Karim kurunji) - As per Rheede’s Hortus malabaricus - Ecbolium viride (Old source)
Nilgirianthus ciliatus (New source), (Market samples – Nilgirianthus heyneanus)
White variety (Ven Kurunji) – As per Rheede’s Hortus malabaricus - Justicia betonica ( Old source)
As per Indian Materia Medica & Chopra - Barleria courtallica &
North Malabar Physicians - Calacanthus grandiflorus.
In Northern parts of India, the sources are
Anyways there is no such confusions, as all the four varieties are considered to be different species of Barleria.
White – Sahachara – Barleria cristata
Red – Kurabaka – Barleria cristata
Yellow – Kurantaka – Barleria prionitis
Blue – Daasi, Aartagala, Baana – Barleria strigosa.
Dr. Hari Venkatesh. K. Rajaraman
M.D. (Ay).P.G.D.H.M.
Lecturer/ Scientist Incharge - Animal House,
ALN Rao Memorial Ayurvedic Medical College, Koppa, Chikmagalur Dist. Karnataka
Mob: 09590574495
VEENA NAIK
sheji
sheji
On Aug 15, 10:47 pm, "Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman"
<ayurharivenkat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sheji ji thanks for the post…it is probably *Barleria cristata*,
>
> Sahachara is a very important drug in Ayurveda… widely used against Vataja
> disorders, especially Hemiplegia (Paralysis), Sciatica etc., both as an
> internally in the form of Decoction (*Sahacharadi Kashayam*).
> The drug helps healing Ulcers, Swellings, Poisonous affections, itching,
> Skin diseases, cough, Toothache, Gum diseases and in general to strengthen
> the Nervous system.
>
> Juice of the leaves is said to purify the Blood and Semen.
>
> Officinal Part of the drug in Ayurveda is the root of the plant.
>
>
> Sahacharah, Sahaacharah*), possesses spiny structures (*Syn: Kurantakah,
> Rujakarah*), and occurs in exposed habitats like deserts, Naked hill tops,
> Sea Coast (*Syn: Saireyah, Saireyaka*).
>
> *VARIETIES*
>
> Bhava Prakasha Nighantu mentions *4* varieties having, *Red, Yellow, Blue
> and White flowers*. Most of which have been equated with different species
> of the Genera Barleria.
>
> *Red & White flowered – Barleria cristata*
>
> *Yellow flowered – Barleria prionitis*
>
> *Blue flowered – Barleria strigosa*
>
> *
> *
>
> However the Classical Ayurvedic texts mentioned *Saireyaka Yugma* (2
> (Yugma means ‘pair’)
>
> (Karim kurunji)* and the *White one (Ven kurunji)*. Out of the two varieties
> physicians both the varieties have the same Therapeutic value)
>
>
> *
> *
>
> Karim Kurunji (Dark variety)
>
> *Rheede’s Hortus malabaricus* reveals that *Ecbolium viride* of Acanthaceae
>
> Sahachara in Kerala.
>
> *MARKET SAMPLES OF SAHACHARA IN KERALA* reveals that *Nilgirianthus
> heyneanus* also comes out in the name of Sahachara.
>
> *The synonyms which supports the view of Niligirianthus sp. Being used as
> sahachara . . .*
>
> *Sahachara* – Plants that are found in groups giving bushy appearance and
> covering a large area
>
> *Mrudu Kantaka* - that which possesses soft spines
>
> *Baana* – Causing mild pain on touch
>
> *Mrudu Kaanda* – Soft stem.
>
> *Ven kurunji – White variety*
> The botanical identity of Sweta Sahachara (Ven Kurunji) is also disputed
>
> courtallica*.
>
> *Rheede’s Hortus malabaricus* mentions *Justicia betonica* as the White
> variety.
>
> In *North Malabar region*, another plant named *Calacanthus
> grandiflorus*(Vaazha Kurunji in Malayalam) is used as Sahachara.
> To conclude
>
> In South India, the sources are
>
> Ecbolium viride (Old source)*
>
> *
> *
>
> *Nilgirianthus ciliatus (New source), (Market samples – Nilgirianthus
> heyneanus)*
>
> * White variety (Ven Kurunji) – As per Rheede’s Hortus malabaricus -
> Justicia betonica ( Old source)*
>
> *
> *
>
> *As per Indian Materia Medica & Chopra - Barleria courtallica & *
>
> *North Malabar Physicians - Calacanthus grandiflorus.*
>
> *
> *
> In Northern parts of India, the sources are
>
> Anyways there is no such confusions, as all the four varieties are
> considered to be different species of Barleria.
>
>
> *Red – Kurabaka – Barleria cristata*
>
> *Yellow – Kurantaka – Barleria prionitis*
>
> *Blue – Daasi, Aartagala, Baana – Barleria strigosa.*
>
> *
> *
