Rasa shastra

1. 1. DEPARTMENT OF RASASHASTRA
AND BHAISHAJYA KALPANA
TOPIC: - VATSANABH
GUIDED BY:- DR. VYASHALI H.P.
DR. AMOL DHULGADE
COMPILED BY:
ADITYA CHOUGULE

2. VATSANABH
Sanskrit Name:- वत्सनाभ
English Name: Mon's hood, Indian aconite
chemical Name: - Aconitin, pseudoa-aconitin
Vernacular name:- marathi name – Bachnag,Hindi name:-
meetha vish, kannada name :- vatsanabhi
Latin name:-Aconitum Ferox.
•General introduction:- Aconitum ferose also known as
Aconitum virorum is a species of 6 monk'shood ; in the tamily
Ranunculaceae: It is also known as 'Indian aconite

3. HISTORY:- ANCIENT SCIENCE OF LIFE:- AN AYUNEDIC PROCESS
ACEOLE REFERIS TO THE MEDICINAL PLANT.ITIS
DEALT WITH IN THE 15TH CENTURY.
•Geographical Distribution =The specie's is native to the eastenn
himalaya's from central Nepal eastware through the north of west
Bengal, sikkim, Bhut an and Arunachal Pradesh to Assam.
Properties:-Physical property:→deloit is herbaceous shrub that
grow's up to 3 feet. in height.Leave's of this plant are cleft or lobed,
Simple, alternate f oval in shape. Towand's the bottom leaves are
larges
ग्राह्यलक्षणा :-Thick, unctuous, heavy, collected after ripening
of fruit, devoid of worm infestation
such a vatsanabha is considered as suitable for therapeutic
usage.
Prela
Impure or improperly purified .

4. • HISTORY OF
VATSANABH:-
• Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
• — Vatsanabha in Purana glossary
• Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia
• Vatsanābha (44117).—A hermit. Dharma, once took the form of a she-buffalo and
saved Vatsanäbha from heavy rain. After this he thought that he was an ungrateful
man and so he decided to forsake his body. But Dharma dissuaded him from this
attempt. (Mahābhärata Anusāsana Parva, Daksinatya Patha, Chapter 12).
• context information
• The Purana (gro, puranas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India's
vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts
and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical
couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

5. • 1st Method - Vatsanabha cut into smaller pieces + soak with fresh gomutra
x3days. Daily morning, fresh gomutra should be replaced.During day - keep
open under hot sun.During night - cover with lid.4th day - remove external
skin and dry completely under hot sun and store.
• .2nd Method - Swedana in dolayantra with Godugdha, 1-2yama.Pottali tied to
rodStick/Rod for hanging pottali
• 3rd Method - Swedana in dolayantra with Ajadugdha, 1 yama.
• 4thMethod - Swedana in dolayantra with Mahisha dung, 1 yama.Pottali is
contain drug spot.
शोधन

6. SHLOKAS FOR SHODHANA:-
rapy 1:-
शोधनं यत् क
ु पितान् दोषान्
पनिःसायय बप िः रोगोशमनं करोपत
॥(अ.सं.सू-इन्दु - १/३७)

7. IMPORTANT FORMULATION:
Images of vatsanabh:-
• Anandabhairava rasa Pancamita rasa
• • Hingeswara rasa
• sivalahdava raja
• sutasekhara rava
• Jaya vati
• mityunjaya rasa

8. SHODHANA IS THE
METHOD OF ELIMINATING
THE VITIATED DOSHAS
FROM THE BODY TO
PACIFY THE DISEASE.

10. ANTIDOTES OF
VATSANBH
•Tankana bhasma (borax) is mentioned as an
antidote of Vatsanabha in Ayurveda texts. [8]
Maricha (P. nigrum) was added as it is a
pramathi (has a purification effect). Arjuna
(Terminalia arjuna) has significant positive
inotropic properties in experimental
models[20] and Kanakasava contains

12. HOW TO IDENTIFY
ROOTS OF
ANTIDOTES
•Perennial plant that grows to a height of around
1 meter and its stem splits into 3 to 5 parts.
From August to November it blooms with a
bruise blue flower in the shape of a helmet. It
has a triangular pyramid-shaped tuberous
root and was used as arrow poison for hunting

14. •Purification of Vatsanabha- ववषं तु खण्डशः क
ृ त्वा
वस्त्रखण्डेन बन्धयेत् ।गोमूत्रमध्ये वनवक्षप्य स्थापयेदातपे
त्र्यहम् ॥ शुद्ध्यत्वैवं ववषं सम्यक
् सेव्यम् भववत चावतिवित्
। शांगिधर संवहता मध्यम खण्ड १२ खण्डीक
ृ त्य ववषं
वस्त्रपररबद्धं तु दोलया । अिापयांवस संस्विन्नं यामतः
शुस्वद्धमाप्नुयात् ॥ अिादुग्धाभावास्तु गव्यक्षीरेण शोधयेत्
॥ योगरत्नाकर Dr Hebbar - easyayurveda.com

15. • IN WHICH REGION
VATSANBH FOUND
MOST:-
1.It is categorized as Mahavisha (highly poisonous)
plant, found in Himalayan Alpine specially Sikkim in
areas ranging from 10000 to 14000 feet in height and
in Nepal. Roots of Vatsanabha contain toxic
alkaloids, pseudo aconitine, bikhaconitine,
chasmaconitine, indaconitine, etc.

16. ATISEVAN OF VATSANBH:-
• Purified Vatsnabh is therapeutically beneficial in treating the following health disorders:
• Fever
• Chronic fever
• Inflammation-induced fever (rheumatic fever)
• Poor appetite
• Splenomegaly
• Diabetes
• Indigestion
• Asthma
• Common cold and cough
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Rodent, snake, and scorpio