This document provides information on the plants Valeriana wallichii, Myristica fragrans, Cuminum cyminum, and Carum carvi. It includes details on their synonyms, descriptions, parts used, chemical constituents, doshas, and common formulations. Key information includes: - Valeriana wallichii is a rhizome used in formulations like Mahapaishachika Ghrita to treat disorders. Its main constituent is jatamansone. - Myristica fragrans is an aromatic tree known for its seeds and oil rich in myristicin. It is used in preparations like Jatiphaladi Choorna. - Cumin

1. For BAMS
students

2. • Valerianaceae
• Tapasvini, Jata,Nalada, Bhutajata, Mamsi , Mura
Ganas
Charaka- Sanjnasthapana , Kandughna,
Tiktaskandha
Susrutha- Elanjanadi gana , Eladi gana
Vaghbhata- Anjanadi gana Eladi gana

3. • Susrutha and Vagbhata – Mamsi,
Gandhamamsi ( Selinum tenuirolium)
• Raja nighantu – Third variety – Akasa
mamsi
• Nighantu ratnakara – Sadharana
mamsi, Sugandha mamsi and Akasa
mamsi

4. Rhizome

5. • Sesquiterpenes
• Coumarins
• Principal sesquiterpene is Jatamansone
• Volatile essential oils , resins, sugar,
starch spirojatamol etc

6. Rasa- Tikta, kashaya
Guna- LAGHU,SNIGDHA
Virya – Seeta
Vipaka – Katu
Write DK, BK and RK

7. • Part used – Rhizome
• Dosage – 1-3 gms
• Yogas – Mahapaishachika ghrita, Kulatthadi
ghrita , Khadiradi gutika etc

8. • Myristaceae
• Synonyms- Puta, Madasounda ,
Malatiphala , Majjasaram , Soumanasayani
• Not mentioned in any ganas
• Adulterants – Myristica malabarica,
Myristica dactyloides

9. Evergreen aromatic tree with
greyish black bark
Coriaceous, elliptic or oblong
lanceolate, deep green above
and greyish beneath
Creamy yellow flowers ,
fragrant, borne in umbellate
cymes
Fruits – Globose , 6-9 cms long
, pear shaped, glabrous, often
drooping , yellow with fleshy
pericarp , splitting into two
halves when mature
Seeds- Arillate, albuminous ,
broadly ovoid with purpliush
brown testa

10. • Myristicin , myristic acid, alpha
pinene , terpenes , beta pinene ,
trimyristin etc

11. Rasa- Tikta, Katu
Guna- Laghu, Theekshna
Veerya- Ushna
Vipaka – Katu
Write DK, BK and RK

12. • Seed, seed coat, oil
• Powder – 0.5- 1 gm
• Oil- 1-3 drops
• Yogas- Jatiphaladi choorna , Jatiphaladi
vati

13. • Umbelliferae
• Synonyms – Ajaji, Kana , Jarana , Dirgha jiraka
Ganas
Charaka – Sula prashamana
Susrutha- Pippalyadi
Vagbhata- Pippalyadi

14. • Susrutha – Jiraka dwaya- Jiraka, Krishna
jiraka
• Dhanwanthari nighantu- 4 varieties –
Jeeraka, shukla jeeraka, krishna jeeraka,
vanya jeeraka
• Sodhala- Upakunchika, Shukla jeeraka,
Krishna jeeraka
• Kayyadeva- Jeeraka tritaya

15. Annual herb
Leaves- Twice or thrice tripartite ,
ultimate segments filiform
Flowers- In compound umbels, few
rays and several bracts and
bracteoles
Calyx teeth small, subulate , oblong
obovate petals
Fruits – Cylindrical narrow
tip,hispidulous vittae large , solitary
under each secondary ridge
Seeds- Dorsally compressed ,
covex- concave

16. • Cuminin, diacyl glycerol,
imperatorin, isoimperatorin,
isoimpinellin etc

17. Rasa-Katu
Guna- Laghu, rooksha
Veerya- Ushna
Vipaka – Katu
Write DK, BK and RK

18. • Fruit
• Fruit powder Dosage – 3-6 gms
• Yogas- Jirakadyarishta, Jirakadi modaka ,
jiraka ghrita , jirakadya choorna etc

19. • Umbelliferae
• Synonyms- Ugrasodhana , Sugandha
• Ganas- Not mentioned

20. A biennial , occasionally
pernenial herb with erect stem
and branched
Levaes pinnate with several
pairs of sessile segments , once
or twice pinnate with sort linear
lobes
Flowers- In umbels of 8-10 rays
Fruits- 5 mm long carpels ,
linear oblong, curved with
prominent ribs

21. • Fruit
• Chemical constituents – Essential oil,
triacyl glycerol, sterols, petroselenic acid
etc
• Essential oil- Carvone, limonene, p-
cymene, cuminal etc

22. Rasa- Katu
Guna- Laghu, rooksha
Veerya – Ushna
Vipaka – Katu
Write BK, DK and RK
Fruit powder 1-3 gms