AYURVEDIC DRUG

1. PRESENTED BY
Dr. S. BALA VENKATA KRISHNA
P.G.SCHOLAR
DEPT OF DRAVYAGUNA
S.V.AYURVEDIC MEDICAL COLLEGE
T.T.D. TIRUPATHI
WITH SPECIAL REGARDS TO
DR.PARAMKUSSH RAU
M.D(AYU).,Ph.D.
HEADOF THE DEPT
DR.RENU DIXIT M.D(AYU).,Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPT OF DRAVYAGUNA
S.V.AYURVEDIC MEDICAL COLLEGE
TIRUPATI,A.P.

2. It is also called as Indian Ginseng(or)Winter
Cherry
SYNONYMS:
 VARAHAKARNI
 VAJI GANDHI
 VAJEEKARI
 BALYA
 KUSTAGANDHI

3.  FAMILY : SOLANACEA
 MORPHOLOGY
1.PERENNIAL SHRUB
2.GROWS UPTO 2m. HEIGHT
3.SIMPLE LEAF
4.ALTERNATE PHYLLOTAXY
5.GREEN AND YELLOW COLOURED
FLOWERS OCCUR IN FASICLES
6.FRUIT - BERRY

4. PROPERTIES
RASA KATU
TIKTHA
KASAYA
GUNA SNIGDHA
LAGHU
VIRYA USHNA
VIPAKA KATU

5. PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION
 BALYA (Energy booster)
 RASAYANA (Rejuvenate)
 SHUKRALA (Improves Semen)
 VAJEEKARANA (Aphrodisiac)
 STRESS RELIVER
Modern clinical research indicates that ASWAGANDHA
Beneficial in
 Anti – inflammatory
 Anti – oxidant
 Blocks tumor growth
 Regenerate nerve cells

6. NESSESITY OF CULTIVATION
 ASWAGANDHA ROOTS ARE CREDITED WITH SEVERAL
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES AND WIDELY USED IN INDIAN
SYSTEM OF MEDICINES LIKE AYURVEDA, SIDDHA AND
UNANI MEDICINES
 IN ADDITION TO THE ROOTS,LEAVES AND SEEDS ARE
ALSO MARKETED
 ASWAGANDHA IS A MAJOR EXPORT BOTH IN THE
FORM OF DRIED RAW MATERIAL AND IN THE FORM OF
VALUE ADDED EXTRACTS

7. CULTIVATION
OF
ASWAGANDHA
•SOIL
•CLIMATE
•PLACES
•PROPAGATION
•RESISTENCE
•MANURE AND
FERTILIZERS
•VARIETES
•SEEDTRANSPLA
NTATION
•IRRIGATION
•ORAGANIC
PESTICIDES
•HARVESTING
•YEILD

8. SUITABLE SOIL FOR CULTIVATION
SANDY LOAM OR LIGHT RED SOIL
WITH GOOD ORGANIC MATTER
SOIL PH SHOULD BE 7.5-8

9. CLIMATES
1.SUBTROPICAL
2.DRY WEATHER
3.DROUGHT CONDITIONS

10. PLACES
Abundantly
cultivated in
MADHYA
PRADESH
RAJASTHAN
PUNJAB
HARYAN
UTTARA
PRADESH
GUJARAT
MAHARASTRA
ANDHRA
PRADESH

11.  ASWANGANDHA PROPAGATION BY IT SEEDS
 20-30 KGSEEDS/HECTARE
 NO SERIOUS PEST IS REPORTED IN THIS CROP

12.  BEFORE SOWINGTHE SEEDS MUST BETREATED
WITHTHIRUM OR DITHANE M45 ATTHE RATIO OF
3GM FOR EVRY KILO SEEDS
 IT ISTO CONTROL WILT AND SEED BORNE
DISEASES
 10-20TONNES OF NUTRIENT DOSE OF FARMYARD
MANNURE
 150 KG OF PHOSPHORUS AND UREA ARE APPLIED
TOTHE FIELD PLOUGHED INTO FURROWS

13. VARIETES
 WS-20(JA-20) AND WS-22 VARITES
ARE DEVLOPED BY JAWAHAR LAL
NEHRU KRISHI VISWA
VIDHYALAYA,MANDSORE,INDIA
 WSR BY RRL,JAMMU,INDIA
 RAKSHITA AND POSHITA BY
CIMAP,LUCKNOW,INDIA

14. SEED TRANS PLANTATION AND
IRRIGATION
SEEDS GERMINATESIN 5 TO 7 DAYS
35 DAYS LATER THE SEEDING ARE
TRANSPLANTED IN THE MAIN FIELD
40X30 CM APART ON THE FURROWS
LIGHT IRRIGATION IS DONE
IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRANSPLANTATION
AND ONCE IN 10 DAYS

15. ORAGANIC PESTICIDES
THE CROP RESPONDS WELLTO
ORAGANIC PESTICIDES
REGULAR SPRAY OF PANCHAGAVYA
HELPSTO INCREASE PLANT GROWTH
AND ROOT FORMATION

16. HARVESTING &YEILD
150-170 Days
after sowing
300-500 kg
dried roots for hectare

17. MARKETING OF
ASWAGANDHA

18. ASWAGANDHA IS WIDELY USED IN AYURVEDIC
SYSTEM OF MEDICINE IN INDIA
IT IS AN INGRIDENT IN MANY FORMULATIONS
PRESCRIBED FOR
1. A GENERAL TONIC TO INCREASE ENERGY
2. IMPROVE OVERALL HEALTH AND LONGEVITY
3. APHRODIASIC EFFECT
4. REJUVINATION
5. RELIVE PROBLEMS OF STRESS AND STRAIN
6. DURING PREGNENCY AND ELDERLY
7. PREVENT DISESES IN ATHLETES

19. G R A D E A : R O O T P I C E S U P T O 7 C M W I T H
P U R E W H I T E I N S I D E
G R A D E B : 5 C M R O O T P I C E S W I T H P U R E
W H I T E I N S I D E
G R A D E C : R O O T P I E C E U P T O 3 - 4 C M W I T H
P U R E W H I T E I N S I D E
 L O W E G R A D E : S M A L L R O O T P I C E S
W I T H Y E L L O W I N S I D E
GRADING OF ROOT

20. AS THE PRODUCTION OF ASWAGANDHA IS
MUCH LESS(AROUND 1500 TONNES) IN INDIA,
THE INTERNAL MARKET IS HIGHLY POTENTIAL
THE ANNUAL DOMESTIC DEMAND OF
ASWAGANDHA ROOTS IS ABOUT 7000 TONS
THE PRESENT MARKET PRICE FOR DRIED
ROOT IS ABOUT 80 PER KG
THE WHOLE SALE PRICE IS ABOUT 5000 PER
QUINTAL
DEMAND AND PRICE

21. MARKET
LINKAGE
THE NEEMUCH AND MANDSORE MARKETS IN
MADHYA PRADESH ARE POPULAR WORLD OVER
FOR ASWAGANDHA IMPORTERS AND BUYERS
 PROCESSORS, TRADITIONAL PRACTIONERS
,AYURVED AND SIDDHA DRUG
MANUFRACTURERS VISIT THESE MARKETS FOR
PROCURMENT OF ASWAGANDHA ROOTS EVERY
YEAR
OTHER TRADE MARKET CENTERS ARE MUMBAI,
DELHI AND AMRITSAR

22. 1. DRIED ROOT POWDER OF ASWAGANDHA IS CALLED
AS ASWAGANDHA CHURNAM WHICH IS MAINLY
INDICATED IN MALE INFERTILITY AND INCRESE OF
SEMAN
2. ASWAGANDHARISTAM IS ONE OF THE ARISTA
KALPANA IS A BEST NERVE TONC AND HELPFUL TO
RELIVE THE PROBLEMS OF STRESS AND STRIAN
3. ASWAGANDHADI LEHYAM IS ONE OF THE LEHYA
KALPANA WHICH IS HELPFUL TO ATTAIN MUSCLE
STRENTH AND GAIN WEIGHT OF THE BODY

23. ROOT EXTRACT OF ASWAGANDHA IS AVILABLE IN THE
NAME OF STRESSCOM IN MARKET WHICH IS BENIFICIAL
FOR RELIEF IN STRESS
WINOSTRESS IS ANOTHER PRODUCT WITH THE
COMBINATION ASWAGANDHA HELPS TO COMBAT FROM
FATIGUE,STRESS AND STRAIN
ASWAGANDHA CAPSULE WHICH ARE USING AS A HERBAL
SEDATIVE
ASWAGANDHA TABLETS WHICH ARE USEFUL IN
ENHANCING VIGOUR AND VIRILITY

24.  RESEARCHES REVELS ASWAGANDHA POSSESS
1. ANTI –INFLAMMATORY
2. ANTI STRESS
3. ANTI OXIDANT
4. IMMUNOMODULATORY
5. HEMOPOETIC
6. REJUVINATING PROPERTIES
 ASWAGANDHA ALSO APPEARS TO BENEFIT
THE ENDOCRINE,CARDIOPULMONARY AND
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

25.  ACCORDING TO THESE RESEARCHES MARKETING
OF ASWAGANDHA IN DIFFERENT PREPARATIONS
LIKE CHURNAM, CAPSULE, SYRUP,LEHYAM,
ASAVA&ARISHTAM,GRANULES ARE BENIFICIAL
FOR PHARMACYS IN NOW A DAYS OF MARKET

26. CONCLUSION
 ASWAGANDHA IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF
THE BEST REJUVINATING AGENTS IN
AYURVEDA.
 ITS ROOTS,SEEDSAND LEAVES ARE USED
WIDELY IN AYURVEDIC MEDICINES
 FOR THE WIDE RANGE OF ITS PROPERTIES ITS
CULTIVATION AND MARKETING IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO AVIOD ADULTRANTS
 FOR THIS BY OUR OWN CULTIVATION SPECIALLY
USING PANCHAGAVYA COULD YIELD BETTER
QUALITY ROOTS AND THUS ITS MARKETING
YIELDS BETTER RESULTS IN THEURAPATIC
ACTIONS

27. THANKYOU