SATI
Sati consists of sliced, dried rhizomes of Hedychium spicatum Ham.ex Smith (Fam. Zingiberacem), a perennial rhizomatous herb, measuring upto 1 m occurs in parts of western and central regions of sub-tropical Himalayas at an altitude of 1500-2000 m, grows abundantly in Kumaon and Punjab.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : Sathi, Gandhamulika
Assamese : Katuri, Sati
Bengali : Shati, Kachri
English : Spiked ginger lily
Gujrati : Kapurkachri, Kapurkachali
Hindi : Kapurkachri
Kannada : Goul Kachora, Seenakachora, Kachora
Kashmiri : Kapoorkachara
Malayalam : Katcholam, Katchooram
Marathi : Kapurakachari, Gablakachari
Oriya : Gandhasunthi
Punjabi : Kachur, Kachoor
Tamil : Poolankizangu Kichili Kizongu
Telugu : Gandha Kachuralu
Urdu : —
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Rhizomes 15-20 cm long, 20-25 mm in diameter, externally yellowish-brown hut changed to dark brown on storage, drug available in pieces of 2.5 cm diameter, edge of each piece is covered by a rough reddish-brown layer marked with numerous scars and circular rings, rudiments of root-lets visible, odour, camphoraceous, taste, bitter.
b) Microscopic
Transverse section of rhizome shows an outermost thick layer of suberised, dark brown cells of outer cork consisting of 10-15 or more layers of irregular parenchymatous cells, inner cork consisting of a few layered light brown, rectangular, radially arranged cells followed by a wide zone of cortex, 30-40 cells thick, some cortical cells filled with flattened and oval-oblong starch grains, numerous oleo-resin cells also found in this region which have suberised walls containing green-yellow oil, a thin endodermal layer present beneath cortex, central cylinder distinguished by presence of peripheral plexus of irregular congested vascular bundles with poorly developed mechanical tissues, vascular bundles scattered irregularly throughout ground tissue, bundles closed and collateral possessing group of two or more xylem elements, ground tissue composed of large parenchymatous cells with abundant starch grains and oil.
IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH
Foreign matter Not more than 1 per cent, Appendix 2.2.2.
Total Ash Not more than 8 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3.
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 2 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4.
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 4 per cent, Appendix 2.2.6.
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 8 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7.
CONSTITUENTS – Essential oil.
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Katu, Tikta, Kasaya
Guna : Laghu, Tiksna
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Sulahara, Grahi, Kaphavataghna, Mukhasodhana
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Agastyharitaki Rasayana, Satyadi Curna
THERAPEUTIC USES – Sula, Svasa, Chardi, Kasa, Kandu, Mukharoga
DOSE – 1-3 g of the drug in powder form.
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