AKSODA (Cotyledon)
Aksoda consists of dried cotyledons of Juglans regia Linn. (Fam. Juglandaceae); a large deciduous, monoecious tree with tomentose shoots, found throughout the Himalayas upto an altitude of 900-3300 m.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : Aksota, Sailabhava, Karparala
Assamese : Akalbasing
Bengali : Aakharotu
English : Walnut
Gujrati : Akharoda
Hindi : Akharot
Kannada : Akrod pappu
Kashmiri : —
Malayalam : Akrottu
Marathi : Akrod
Oriya : Akhrot
Punjabi : Akharota
Tamil : Akrotu
Telugu : Akrotu
Urdu : Akhrot
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Cotyledons available in 2-3 cm long, slightly curved, coriaceous, irregularly corrugated, broken pieces, creamish-brown, odour, not distinct; taste, oily sweet.
b) Microscopic
Cotyledon – Shows 1-2 layered, radially elongated, thin-walled, parenchymatous cells, raised stomata with more or less curved guard cells, followed by more or less compressed, collapsed, paranchymatous cells having vascular bundles; under this, indistinct tangentially elongated cells present; endosperm mostly single layered; cotyledons consisting of a wide zone of oval to polygonal, thin-walled, parenchymatous cells, small aleurone grains and fat present in endosperm and cotyledons.
Powder – Cream coloured, shows groups of cells of cotyledon, abundance of round oil globules and rarely vessels.
IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH
Foreign matter Not more than 5 percent, Appendix 2.2.2.
Total Ash Not more than 2 percent, Appendix 2.2.3.
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 0.5 percent, Appendix 2.2.4.
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 10.0 percent, Appendix 2.2.6.
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 7.0 percent, Appendix 2.2.7.
CONSTITUENTS – Walnut oil and Tannin.
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Madhura
Guna : Guru, Sara, Snigdha
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Madhura
Karma : Vatahara, Kaphakara, Brnhana, Sukral, Balya, Vrsya, Vistambhi, Hrdya
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Amrtaprasa Ghrta.
THERAPEUTIC USES – Ksata, Ksaya, Vataroga.
DOSE – 10 – 25 g.
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