KAKAJANGHA (Seed)
Kakajangha consists of dried mature seed of Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees (Fam. Acanthacem), an erect hispid herb 60 to 180 cm tall, found in forests and waste lands almost throughout the country.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : Nadikanta, Kakatikta, Pracibala, Sulomasa, Vayasajangha
Assamese : —
Bengali : Naaskaaga
English : —
Gujrati : Kaaliaghedi, Kariaghedi, Aghedi
Hindi : Atrilal, Masi, Kaakjanghaa
Kannada : Cibigid, Cibirsoppu
Kashmiri : —
Malayalam : Raankiraayat
Marathi : Ghaatipittaapapadaa, Raankiraayat
Oriya : —
Punjabi : —
Tamil : Chebira
Telugu : Chebira
Urdu : —
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Black, orbicular, 1.7 to 2 mm, slightly rugose, bitter with oily feeling on tongue and no special odour.
b) Microscopic
Seed :Transverse section of seed shows testa having single layered epidermis, cells appearing straight walled and angular in surface view producing short stout unicellular hairs having recurved hooks and dark contents; tegmen 2 layered, parenchymatous; cotyledon has outer most epidermis and inner single layer of palisade like parenchyma and 4 or 5 layers of shorter cells; cotyledon shows provasculature at some places; cells contain protein aleurone grains and oil at some places.
Powder :The powder is blackish-yellow in colour; it shows hairs, a few cells of palisade parenchyma and cells of cotyledon with oil can also be seen, straight walled packed angular epidermal cells of testa with scars of hairs.
IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH
Foreign matter Not more than 2 per cent, Appendix 2.2.2.
Total Ash Not more than 6 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3.
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 0.1 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4.
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 10 per cent, Appendix 2.2.6.
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 20 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7.
T.L.C.
T.L.C. of the alcoholic extract on silica gel ‘G’ (0.2 mm thick ness) plate using toluene : dichloromethane : ethanol : formic acid (10:3:3:1) shows under U.V. (366 nm) five greenish blue fluorescent bands at Rf. 0.14, 0.18, 0.22, 0.39, 0.54. On exposure to Iodine vapour six bands appear at Rf. 0.18 (greenish brown), 0.22, 0.37 (both light brown), 0.53, 0.68, 0.74 (all yellow). On spraying with 5% Ethanolic-sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate for ten minutes at 105oC, eleven bands appear at Rf. 0.14, 0.22, 0.30, 0.37 (all light brown), 0.48 (greenish brown), 0.53 (yellowish brown), 0.56 (brown), 0.59 (pinkish brown), 0.68 (lower half blue and upper half pink), 0.74, 0.87 (both pinkish brown).
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Tikta, Kasaya
Guna : Picchila, Sara
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Varnya, Visaghna, Kaphapittanut, Krmighna, Vranahara
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Mahavisagarbha Taila
THERAPEUTIC USES – Slipada, Sosa, Balagraha, Dustavrana, Grahani, Jvara, Kandu, Pradara, Pratisyaya, Raktapitta, Visamajvara, Badhirya, Pandu, Ksata Ksina, Jantakrmi, Sidhma, Sarpavisa, Sastraksata, Galaganda, Apaci
DOSE – 1- 3 g.
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