For BAMS
students
• Valerianaceae
• Tapasvini, Jata,Nalada, Bhutajata, Mamsi , Mura
Ganas
Charaka- Sanjnasthapana , Kandughna,
Tiktaskandha
Susrutha- Elanjanadi gana , Eladi gana
Vaghbhata- Anjanadi gana Eladi gana
• Susrutha and Vagbhata – Mamsi,
Gandhamamsi ( Selinum tenuirolium)
• Raja nighantu – Third variety – Akasa
mamsi
• Nighantu ratnakara – Sadharana
mamsi, Sugandha mamsi and Akasa
mamsi
Rhizome
• Sesquiterpenes
• Coumarins
• Principal sesquiterpene is Jatamansone
• Volatile essential oils , resins, sugar,
starch spirojatamol etc
Rasa- Tikta, kashaya
Guna- LAGHU,SNIGDHA
Virya – Seeta
Vipaka – Katu
Write DK, BK and RK
• Part used – Rhizome
• Dosage – 1-3 gms
• Yogas – Mahapaishachika ghrita, Kulatthadi
ghrita , Khadiradi gutika etc
• Myristaceae
• Synonyms- Puta, Madasounda ,
Malatiphala , Majjasaram , Soumanasayani
• Not mentioned in any ganas
• Adulterants – Myristica malabarica,
Myristica dactyloides
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
• Myristicin , myristic acid, alpha
pinene , terpenes , beta pinene ,
trimyristin etc
Rasa- Tikta, Katu
Guna- Laghu, Theekshna
Veerya- Ushna
Vipaka – Katu
Write DK, BK and RK
• Seed, seed coat, oil
• Powder – 0.5- 1 gm
• Oil- 1-3 drops
• Yogas- Jatiphaladi choorna , Jatiphaladi
vati
• Umbelliferae
• Synonyms – Ajaji, Kana , Jarana , Dirgha jiraka
Ganas
Charaka – Sula prashamana
Susrutha- Pippalyadi
Vagbhata- Pippalyadi
• 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
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
• Cuminin, diacyl glycerol,
imperatorin, isoimperatorin,
isoimpinellin etc
Rasa-Katu
Guna- Laghu, rooksha
Veerya- Ushna
Vipaka – Katu
Write DK, BK and RK
• Fruit
• Fruit powder Dosage – 3-6 gms
• Yogas- Jirakadyarishta, Jirakadi modaka ,
jiraka ghrita , jirakadya choorna etc
• Umbelliferae
• Synonyms- Ugrasodhana , Sugandha
• Ganas- Not mentioned
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
• Fruit
• Chemical constituents – Essential oil,
triacyl glycerol, sterols, petroselenic acid
etc
• Essential oil- Carvone, limonene, p-
cymene, cuminal etc
Rasa- Katu
Guna- Laghu, rooksha
Veerya – Ushna
Vipaka – Katu
Write BK, DK and RK
Fruit powder 1-3 gms

Jatamansi Jatiphala- Jeeraka dwaya

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  • 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 andVagbhata – Mamsi, Gandhamamsi ( Selinum tenuirolium) • Raja nighantu – Third variety – Akasa mamsi • Nighantu ratnakara – Sadharana mamsi, Sugandha mamsi and Akasa mamsi
  • 4.
  • 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 treewith 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, seedcoat, 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- Twiceor 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, diacylglycerol, imperatorin, isoimperatorin, isoimpinellin etc
  • 17.
    Rasa-Katu Guna- Laghu, rooksha Veerya-Ushna Vipaka – Katu Write DK, BK and RK
  • 18.
    • Fruit • Fruitpowder 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 • Chemicalconstituents – 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