Plumbago, ChitrakaLeadwort, Ceylon Leadwort
Chitraka, Chitrak (Ayurveda) Tsi tra ka ཙི་ཏྲ་ཀ (Tibet) Sheetraj Hindi, Chitrak (Unani) Venkodiveli (Siddha) Bai Hua Dan (TCM) |
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Plumbago zeylanica
Edwards’s Botanical Register, 1846
Edwards’s Botanical Register, 1846
Botanical name:
Plumbago spp.
1. P. zeylanica (syn. P. rosea) (White variety)
2. P. indica (Red variety)
3. P. capensis
Parts used:
Root-bark
Temperature & Taste:
Very Warm, Dry. Pungent, Bitter. Slightly Toxic. The Red variety is hottest.
Plumbago spp.
1. P. zeylanica (syn. P. rosea) (White variety)
2. P. indica (Red variety)
3. P. capensis
Parts used:
Root-bark
Temperature & Taste:
Very Warm, Dry. Pungent, Bitter. Slightly Toxic. The Red variety is hottest.
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Uses:
1. Warms Yang, Clears Damp:
-Indigestion, Colic, bloating, poor appetite, soft or watery stool
-Rhinitis associated with Damp and Wind
-Diarrhea, Dysentery (TCM, Ayurveda)
-Cough, Asthma
2. Clears Wind-Damp, Eases Pain (TCM, Ayurveda):
-Rheumatism; Arthritic and Bone pain
-cold-damp Joint Pain with swelling and pitting
3. Warms the Kidneys, Promotes Urine:
-Urinary Stones, Polyuria
-Spermatorrhea, Leukorrhea
-Edema, Obesity
4. Opens obstruction, Clears Damp:
-Swelling and obstruction of the Liver or Spleen
-Cold-Damp-type Jaundice
-Liver tonic
5. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis: (TCM, Ayurveda)
-bruising, Blood stagnation (TCM)
-amenorrhea
6. Resists Poison: (TCM, Ayurveda)
-chronic Skin diseases including Psoriasis, Leprosy
-toxic swellings and sores
-Snake Bite (TCM)
-in the treatment of Malaria, fresh leaves were beaten and applied to the pulse before the fit, removing when heat is felt. (TCM)
7. Kills Worms:
-Worms and Parasites
8. Externally:
-Three or 4 fresh leaves can be crushed and applied for swelling and pain or toxic sores, but only for 15–20 minutes (TCM)
-crushed, wrapped in gauze and applied to peri-anal abscess, acute lymphadenitis, mastitis, cellulitis, boil etc. (TCM)
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Main Combinations:
One of the Trimada group of Drugs, along with Embelia ribes and Cyperus rotundus
One of the Triptighna group of Drugs, used for Phlegm diseases with Ginger, Long Pepper, Cyperus rotundus, Calamus etc.
One of the Dipaniya group of drugs, used to promote Appetite with Ginger, Long Pepper, Black Pepper, Asafetida, Ajowan etc
One of the Lekhaniya group of drugs, used to reduce Fat, with Cyperus rotundus, Berberis asiactia, Calamus, Turmeric, Picriorrhiza etc.
1. Digestive Cold and weakness:
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ii. with indigestion and poor appetite, Plumbago with ... available in PRO version
2. Severe Abdominal pain, Abdominal Tumors:
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3. Clear Phlegm:
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ii. Phlegm in the Lungs with Cough and Congestion, Plumbago, ... available in PRO version
4. Obesity:
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5. Arthritic disease:
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iii. Ama-Vata: Plumbago, ... available in PRO version
iv. Rheumatic Arthritis, Hemiplegia, Plumbago with ... available in PRO version
6. As a strengthening tonic:
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7. Female tonic:
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8. Amenorrhea with Blood stasis, or for Scrofula, decoct Plumbago with ... available in PRO version
9. Obstinate skin diseases:
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10. Leucoderma, Plumbago with ... available in PRO version
11. Leprosy, Plumbago with ... available in PRO version
12. Depression: Valerian, Plumbago, ... available in PRO version
13. Viral Hepatitis, Plumbago with ... available in PRO version
14. Hemorrhoids, Plumbago with ... available in PRO version
15. Fistula-in-Ano, Plumbago with ... available in PRO version
Main Formulas:
Chitrakadi Kashayam (Plumbago Decoction)
Powder of Emblic Myrobalan (Ayurveda)
Electuary of Dodder
Triphala Electuary of Dodder (Unani)
Powder of Emblic Myrobalan of Ayurveda
Citrakadi Taila
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Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy
2. Heat-type conditions or Hot constitutions
3. Overdose can cause burning, vomiting and diarrhea; leading to respiratory depression and cardiac arrest.
4. Very strong anti-fertility effects have been noted in animal experiments (100-200mg/kg)
Main Preparations used:
1. Not used during Pregnancy
2. Heat-type conditions or Hot constitutions
3. Overdose can cause burning, vomiting and diarrhea; leading to respiratory depression and cardiac arrest.
4. Very strong anti-fertility effects have been noted in animal experiments (100-200mg/kg)
Main Preparations used: