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Fagonia, Dhanvayasa

Dhanvayasa (Ayurveda)
Dhamasa (F. cretica); Badavarda (F. arabica) (Unani)
Fagonia cretica
G. Dyckman, Icones varianum plantarum [mss. (1501-1600)


Fagonia cretica
Botanical Magazine (Curtis), vol. 7. (1794)

Botanical name:
Fagonia cretica (syn. F. erecta, F. deflexa, F. delongata, F. hispanica) F. arabica

Parts used:
Whole plant

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Liver Heat and Toxin:
-Fever (steam inhalation has been used)
-Acne, Boils, Scabies, Pruritus
-Inflammation
-Diarrhea, Dysentery
-prophylactic against Small Pox
-Dizziness and Vertigo from Liver heat

2. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:
-bleeding from Heat

3. Externally:
-Abscesses; poultice to promote suppuration of Abscesses
-Wounds
-Scrofula
-decoction gargled for sores and ulcers of the mouth and throat
-intense itchiness of the skin, as a bath


DOSE:
Whole plant in standard Decoction (1 in 10): 50–100mls

SUBSTITUTE:
1. Alhagi pseudalhagi has been used as a substitute.

Main Combinations:
1. Liver Heat and Fever, Fagonia with Picrorrhiza, Fumitory
2. Inflammation, Fagonia, Turmeric, Cyperus rotundus, Licorice
3. Bleeding, Fagonia with White Sandalwood

Major Formulas:

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used: