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Vetiveria, Ushira

Vetiver, Cuscus, Khus-Khus
Ushira (Ayurveda)
Khas (Unani)
Vattiver (Siddha)
Yan Lan Cao (TCM)

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Rheede tot Drakestein, H.A. van, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, (1703)


Botanical name:
Vetiveria zizanioides (syn. Chrysopogon zizanioides, Andropogon muricatus, A. squarrosus, Anatherum zizanioides)

Parts used:
Dried root; also the Herb

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Pungent, Aromatic

Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Poison:
-useful for clearing excess Heat of Bile and Blood Humor
-Fever, Bilious Fever
-Toxicosis, chronic skin diseases, Prickly Heat, Boils
-Burning sensation, Excess Sweating, Thirst
-Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Syphilis (stage 3 and 4)
-Hemorrhage, Hemoptysis from Heat
-helps remove foul body odor
-regarded as useful to counter effects of pollution

2. Benefits the Heart, Clears Heart Fire:
-Palpitations, Cardiac Debility, Fainting
-used when Heart and Mind are affected by excess Heat
-regarded as Exhilarant in Unani; regarded as having a brain and memory tonic effect

3. Moves the Qi, Opens Obstructions:
-Colic, Flatulence, obstinate Vomiting
-Dysuria, Strangury

4. Externally:
-applied to heat-type pain including Rheumatism, Lumbago as well as Strains
-inhaled for Bilious Headache


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DOSE:
Of the Powder: 3–6 grams; Juice: 25–50 mls.

CORRECTIVE:
White Sandalwood (Unani)

SUBSTITUTE:
1. Vetiver was regarded as a substitute for Red Sandalwood (Pterocarpus), suggesting the latter may be substituted for it.
2. Damask Rose (Unani)

Main Combinations:
1. Burning sensations, Bilious Fever, Thirst, Vetiveria with Red Sandalwood, Emblic Myrobalan
2. Enterotoxic Diarrhea, Vetiveria with Holarrhena, Cinnamon, Jambul seed, Aegle fruit pulp (equal parts)
3. Thirst in Children, Vetiveria with Lotus seed (Unani)
4. As an exhilarant, Vetiveria with Sandalwood, Rose, Aloeswood
5. As a digestive tonic, to increase strength and immunity, Vetiveria with Madder, Indian Spikenard, Lesser Cardamon, Cyperus rotundus, Triphala, Licorice and Raisins (as in Aravindasava, an alcoholic preparation of the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia)
6. Syphilis, Hemidesmus (5 parts), Vetiver (4 parts), Cyperus (5 parts), Picrorrhiza (6 parts), Ginger (4 parts). Dose: 5–10 grams
7. Diabetes from Bile Humor:
i. Vetiveria with Symplocos cocchinchinensis, White Sandalwood
ii. Vetiveria with Cyperus rotundus, Chebula, Cayratia trifolia (Ayurveda)
iii. Sandalwood, Lemongrass, Vetiver, Clove, Pyrethrum, Shilajit (1 part each), Tinospora cordifolia (6 parts)
8. Leaf fumes with benzoin are inhaled for Bilious Headache

Major Formulas:
Yogaraja Guggulu

Cautions:

Main Preparations used:

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