LECTURE NOTES FOR BAMS STUDENTS

1. MEDICINAL PLANTS – LECTURE NOTES FOR BAMS STUDENTS
KALAMEGHA- KAMPILLAKA- KANCHANARA

2. ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA
 Acanthaceae
 Bhunimba, Yavaakara phala, Yava tikta
 Charaka- Ambashtadi gana
 In some places Bhoonimba is considered as
Kirata tikta but originally Kirata tikta is
Swertia chirata

3. MORPHOLOGY
It is an erect, annual herb and 30-90 cm
tall with upper part of stem
quadrangular while the lower part
nearly rounded stem
Leaves are opposite sessile or
subsessile, linear-lanceolateor
lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, acute, glabrous
or minutely puberulous beneath and
base cuneate, margin slightly undulate.
The small flowers are pink, solitary,
arranged in lax
spreading racemes or panicles. The
fruit is a capsule around 2 cm (0.79 in)
long and a few millimeters wide.[4] It
contains many yellow-brown seeds. The
seeds are subquadrate, rugose and
glabrous.

4. USEFUL PART
 The whole plant
 Chemical constituents: Andrographolides,
andrographin, andrographidine ,
andrographin, oroxylin A, wogonin,
paniculides etc

5. GUNAKARMA VIJNANA

6. RASA PANCHAKA
 Rasa- Tikta
 Guna- Laghu, rooksha, sara
 Veerya- Sheeta
 Vipaka –Katu
 Write DK, BK and RK
 Dosage – Powder 1-3 gms
 Yogas- Bhoonimbadi
choorna,Bhunimbadi kashaya etc

7. KAMPILLAKA
 Mallotus philippensis
 Euphorbiaceae
 Raktanga, Rechana , Karkasha , Rajanaka,
Varnaka
 Ganas
Charaka – Virechana
Susrutha- Shyamadi gana, Adhobhagahara
Vagbhata- Nikumbhadi gana, Shyamadi
gana

8. MORPHOLOGY
• It is known as the kamala tree or
red kamala or kumkum tree, due
to the fruit covering, which
produces a red dye
• A bush to small or medium-sized
tree, up to 25 metres tall and a
trunk diameter of 40 cm. The
trunk is fluted and irregular at the
base.
• Small branches are greyish
brown in colour, with rusty
covered small hairs towards the
end.
• Leaves are opposite on the stem,
ovate to oblong in shape. The
upper surface is green without
hairs, the underside pale grey in

9. MORPHOLOGY
 Yellow-brown flowers form on racemes.
Racemes up to 6 cm long. Male and
female flowers grow on separate trees.
 The fruit is a three lobed capsule, 6 to
9 mm broad, covered in red powdery
substance.
 The fruit hairs are called Kampillaka rajas

10. GUNA KARMA VIJNANA

11. RASA PANCHAKA
 Rasa – Katu
 Guna- Laghu, rooksha, theekshna
 Veerya – Ushna
 Vipaka – Katu
 Part used – Flowers, fruit hairs
 Chemical constituents- Rottlerin,
Kamalins 1 and 2 , Betulin, saponin,
isorottlerin etc

12. KANCHANARA
 Bauhinia variegata
 Caesalpiniaceae
 Gandari, Sonapushpaka,Kanchanaka,
Kovidara , Karbudara , Svalpa kesari,
Yugapatraka etc
 Ganas
Charaka – Vamanopaga
Susrutha- Kashayavarga, Urdhwabhagahara

13. VARIETIES
 Samhitas- Kovidara and Karbudara
 Bhavamishra- Kanchanara and Kovidara (
Tamra pushpa)
 Nighantu ratnakara – Three varieties of
Pita, Rakta and Shwetha

14. MORPHOLOGY
• It is a small to medium-
sized tree growing to 10–12
metres .
• The leaves are 10–20
centimetres (3.9–7.9 in)
obcordate shaped, long and
broad, rounded, and
bilobed at the base and
apex.
• The flowers are
conspicuous, bright pink or
white with five petals.
• the fruit is a seedpod 15–30

15. USEFUL PART
 Stem bark, flowers
 Chemical constituents – Bita setosterol
lupeol, kaemferol- 3 glucoside etc

16. GUNA KARMA VIJNANA

17. RASA PANCHAKA
 Rasa – Tuvara
 Guna- Laghu, rooksha
 Veerya – Sita
 Vipaka – Katu
Dosage
 Powder- 3-6 gms
 Kwatha- 40 ml
 Yogas- Kanchanara guggulu, Kovidaradi
kashaya, Kanchana gutika etc