KULATTHA
Kulattha consists of dry seeds of Vigna unquiculata (Linn.) Walp. Syn. Dolichos biflorus Linn. (Fam Leguminosm); an annual branched, sub-erect or twining, downy or glabrescent; herb; cultivated all over India.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : Khalva, Vardhipatraka
Assamese : —
Bengali : Kulattha, Kalaya
English : Horse gram
Gujrati : Kalathi, Kulathi
Hindi : Kulathi, Kurathi
Kannada : Huruli, Hurali
Kashmiri : Kath
Malayalam : Mudiraa
Marathi : Kulitha
Oriya : —
Punjabi : Lodhar
Tamil : Kollu, Kaanam
Telugu : Ulavalu
Urdu : Kulthi
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Seeds, hard, surface smooth, ellipsoid, flattened, greyish to reddish brown, 4-6 mm long and 4 mm wide, micropyle prominent, taste, somewhat astringent.
b) Microscopic
Transverse section of seed shows testa consisting of a single layer of columnar, thin-walled, parenchymatous, palisade like cells covered with a thin cuticle followed by single layer of rectangular to square bearer cells and 3-4 layers of thin-walled rectangular parenchymatous cells, more wide at micropyler region, cotyledon consisting of single layer of upper and lower epidermis covered with a thin cuticle, epidermal cells thin-walled, rectangular and parenchymatous followed by mesophyll, consisting of angular parenchymatous cells, filled with numerous simple starch grains and protein bodies also present.
Powder-Whitish in colour, under microscope shows broken pieces of testa, parenchymatous cells and starch
IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH
Foreign matter Not more than Nil per cent, Appendix 2.2.2.
Total Ash Not more than 5 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3.
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 1 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4.
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 3 per cent, Appendix 2.2.6.
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 12 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7.
CONSTITUENTS – An enzyme (urease) and oil.
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Kasaya
Guna : Laghu, Sara
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Vidahi; Svedasangrahaka, Krmihara, Kaphavatahara.
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Saptasara Kvatha Curna, Dhanvantara Taila
THERAPEUTIC USES – Asmari, Nasartava
DOSE – 12 g of the drug in powder form for decoction.
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