SANDHANIYA DASAIMANI

B.Naresh Kumar
H.NO:10017005

INTRODUCTION:
SANDHANIYA:
Here sandhaniya means wound healers.The drugs which helps in the
process of wound healing are known as Sandhaniya dravyas.They are
Madhuka,Madhuparni,Prsniparni,Ambasthaka,Samanga,Mocarasa,Dhataki,Lodhra
,Priyangu,Katphala.
In wounds pitha vitiation takes place.which inturn causes pain and burning
sensation. These sandhaniya dravyas possessing kashaya,madhura,tikta
properties helps in wound healing.
According to modern,Wound refers to injury which damage the dermis of skin
which is torn or punctured.

PRISHNIPARNI

Botanical Name: Uraria picta

Family: Fabaceae
Botanical Description:
Usually found in dry grass lands ,waste places and open deciduous forests.
A suffruiticose herb.
Stem: Downy with hooked hairs.
Leaves: Immparipinate,lanceolate,acute,base rounded.
Flowers: pink or purple.
Fruit: Pods 4-6 jointed,glabrous.
Fruting and Flowering: July-December.
Seeds: Ovate,light brown reniform.
Useful parts: Root,leaf,pod.
Properties:
Rasa: Madhura,tikta.

Guna: Laghu,snigdha

Virya: Ushna
Vipaka: Madhura
Karma:Vatahara,nadibalya,trishnashamaka,anulomana,grahi,hridya,vrishya,
mutrala,balya,jwaragna,sandhaniya,shothahara,visagna,dahaprashamana.
Chemical Constituents:
Contains amino acids,fatty acids. It is an antidote to Snake bite.

AMBASTHAKI

Botanical Name: Cissampelos pareira.

Family: Menispermaceae.
Botanical name:
It is a perennial climber.
Leaves: Pellate or orbicular reniform or ovate to sub-reniform,with a truncate
cordate base
Flowers: Greenish yellow. Males in axillary,fascicled,pilose cymes or panicles.
Female: in 6-15 cm long pendulous racemes bearing large reniform or orbicular
bracts.
Fruits: Drupes, small, ovord subglobose obovoid.
Seed: Horse-shoe shaped.
Useful part: Root, leaf.
Properties:
Rasa: Tikta
Guna:Laghu,Tikshna
Virya: Ushna
Vipaka: Katu

Doshaghnata-Tridoshashamaka, especially Kapha pitta shamaka.

Karma: Vranaropana, Vishaghna, KUshthaghna, Deepana pachana, Grahi,
Krimighna, Raktashodhaka.
Chemical constitution:
Alkaloids, Layatinine, Bisbenzylisoquinoline, Cyclanoline, Chlorides,
Quaternary ammonium bases d-quercetal & sterol a base with a
dihydroisoquinoline, nucleus, 1-beberine, hayatinin hayatidin, hayatin and dquercitol, tropoloisoquinoline alkaloids.

SHALMALI
Botanical name: Salmalia Malabarica
Family name: Bombacea
Botanical Description:
A deciduous tree, upto 30 m tall,
Bark: Grey, covered with black conical priekles
Leaves: Digitate , crowded at the ends of branches leaflets 5-7, elliptic lanceolate
at ovate lanceolate glabourous 5-23*1.5-9cm, petioles long petiolules.
Flowers: Bright red, crowded at the end of branches 8-14cm across appearing
before new leaves.
Capsules: woody, ellipsoid, 10- 12cm long, 5valved.
Seed: Embedded in white, silk cotton, ovoid.
Parts used: Root, gum, bark, leaf, flower, young fruit and seed.
Rasa panchankam:
Rasa: Madhu, kashaya,
Guru: Laghu, snighdha, pichila
Virya: sheetha Vipaka: Madhura
Karma: Shothahara, Dahaprashamana, vedana sthapana, raktha sodhaka,
stambana, vranaropana, lekhana, varnya, raktastambana, kasahara, sandhaneeya,
mootrala.
Chemical constituents:
Root: Tricontanol, lactone, 3,4,5,7- tetra hydroxyl- 6, methoxyflavan 0.3-0-D,
Glucopyranosyl D xylopyranosiode.

Flower: Hesstriacontane, lentriacontanol, Traces of essential oils, kaempferol,

Quiercetin.
Leaf: Shamin (c-flavonol glycoside)
Seed: n-lexacosanol,palmitic acid, octyl palmitate gallic acid, Tanic acid,
tocopherols, carotenoids an unidentified terpene.
Seed oils: Arachidic, linolenic, mysistic, oleic.
Bark exndate(sinuel gum): L- arabinase, d-galactose, D galacturonic acid, 2-5 dio-methyl l- arabinase.

PRIYANGU:
Botanical Name: Callicarpa macrophylla,
Family Name: Verbanaceae
Botanical Description: An erect shrub, 1.5 3m ht.Branches, leaf stalks and
inflorescence densely clothed with wool like tomentum.
Leaves: Simple, Opposite leaf, 7- 22cm long, ovate/ovate lanceolate, acuminate
Base: cuneate/rounded, upper surface wrinkled, glabrate, white tomentose
beneath with compound stellate with compound stellate hairs.Flowers: Small,
pink/rose coloredFruit: Succulent, Globose, white, containing four seeded nutters.
Flowering: Aug Nov
Fruiting: Oct nov
Useful part: Flower, fruit, leaf and root
Properties:
Rasa: Tikta, kashaya, Madhura
Guna: Guru, Ruksha
Virya: Sheetha
Vipaka: Katu
Karma: Doshaghnata, Raktatisara, Daurgandha, Atisara, gulma, trishna, visha,
moha, sirasula, atiswedha, raktapitta
Actions: Dahaprashamana, Vedhana stapana, Dourgandanasana, Deepana,
anulomana, stambana, prashamana, jwaragna, vishagna, purishagna, sandhaniya.
Chemical constitution: Leaves contain : C22 C24 Fatty acids, ethyl ester of C23
fatty acids, 7,3,3- Trimethyl quercetin, 1-0 glucuronides of luteolin and apigenin
and ursolic.

LODHRA

Botanical name: Symplocos racemosa

Family name: styraceae/symplocacea
Botanical description: A small evergreen tree upto 6m tall bark dark grey rough.
Leaves: Elliptica oblong / elliptic lanceolate serrulate or obscurely crenate ,
rarely entire, glabarous and dark green above.
Flowers: white fading yellow in simple axillary racemose.
Fruit: Drupes, oblong, 1- 1.3cm long, purplish black when ripe crowned with
persistent calyx.
Useful part: Bark
Rasa: Kasaya
Guna: Laghu
Virya: sheetha
Vipaka: katu
Doshagnata: Kaphapitta, shyamaka.Roghahnata, shotha, vrana, atisara,
raktaatisara, kasa, garbhashaya, pradara, charmaroga, jvara, visha.
Action: shothahara,keestagna,chaksusya, vrana ropana, shonitha sthapana,
sthambana, kaphaghna, jvaragna.

Chemical constitution:Mono methyl pelargonidin glucosides

Loturine, colloturine, loturidine, reducing sugars, oxalic acid, phytosterol.
Pelargonidin 3- 0 glucoside, betulinic acetyloleanolic oleanolic and ellagic acids.

DHATAKI:

Botanical name: woodfordia fruiticosa

Family name: Lythraceae
Botanical Description: Muc h branched shrubs
1-4m high, rarely upto 1m.
Branches spreading, bark cinnamon - brown leaves: lanceolate, oblong
lanceolate/ovate lanceolate. Sessile softly pubescent above, hoary beneath.
Flowers: Numerous bright red in dense axillary, paniculate
- Cymose clusters
- Capsules ellipsoid membranous
Seeds: Brown, minute numerous smooth ovate/ ovoid
Useful part: Flower
Properties: Rasa katu, kasaya
Guna: laghu, ruksha
Virya: sheetha
Vipaka : katu
Doshaghnata: kaphsapitta shamaka
Roghanata: Daha, raktasrava, vrana, Agnidadgha, atisara,raktapitta,prameha,
krimi, charmaroga, sarpa visha.

Actions: Daha prashamana, vrana sodhana, vrana ropana, kushtaghna, jvaraghna.

Chemical constituents: Extract of flowers possessed significiant abortificient
activity in mice.
Flowers contain ellagic acid, octacosanol, cyaniding, pelargonidin and
glucopyranoside.

SAMANGA:

Botanical name: Rubia cordifolia

Family: Rubiaceac e
Botanical description:
Perennial herb grows upto 4m height.
Leaves: Leaves are rough,arranged in whorl of four per node,oval to heart
shaped with long stalk
Flowers:Green coloured with dichasialcyme,small with pale yellow petals
Fruit:Oval shaped ,fleshy drupe,in ripen state it is dark purple colour
Properties: Rasa: Madhura, tikta, kashaya
Guna: Guru, ruksha
Virya: ushna and
Vipaka: katu
Actions: Kaphapitta shamaka, varnya, swarya, vishahara.
Roghanata: Jwara, kushta, visarpa, prameha,shotha, vrana, netraroga,
raktatisara, mutrakruccha.
Part used: Root

Chemical constituents: Rubidin, anthraquinene mannitol.

MADHUPARNI:

BOTANICAL NAME: Tinospora cordifolia

FAMILY NAME: Menispermaceae
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
LEAVES:
Broad, ovate, cordate, long petiolate, it is a perennial deciduos twiner
with succulent stem and papery bark.
FLOWERS:
Small, yellow or greenish- yellow, axillary and terminal racemes or
racemose panicles, male flowers clustered, fema;es solitary.
FRUITS:
Drupes ovoid or sub globose, glossy, red, pea sized.

SEEDS:
White, bean shaped, warty.
PARTS USED:
Root, stem, leaves and satva(starch).
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS:
Gilonin, gilosterol, tinosporin, tinosporic acid, tinosporol,
tinosporidine, - sitosterol, cordifol, hepta cosanol, octacosanol, furanoid
diterpene.
PROPERTIES:
Rasa: tikta, kasaya
Guna: laghu, sheeta
Virya: ushna
Vipaka: madhura
KARMA:
Vedanastapana, kushtagna, trishnanigrahana, chhardinigrahana,
deepana, pacana, pitta saraka, tridosha samaka, anulomana, sangrahi, krimigna,
medhya, hridaya, rakta shodhaka, rakta vardaka, kaphagna, vrishya, balya,
prameha hara, mootrajanana, jwaragna, daha prasamana, rasayana.

MADHUKA
BotanicalName: Glycyrrhiza glabra
Family: Leguminaceae/fabaceae
Botanical Description:
A sticky perennial herb with underground stems.
Leaves: Divided into 9-17 leaflets held on a leaf stalk of 10-20cms long
Flowers: Light blue to violet,1.0-1.5cm long are resembling sweet pea
flowers in shape. flowers are held in loose, conical spines.
Fruits: Pods, reddish brown,1-3cm long containing 2-5 brown to
blackish seeds
Useful part: Root
Properties:
Rasa: madhura
Guna: guru,snigdha
Virya: sheeta
Vipaka: madhura
Actions: Tridoshahara,varnya,kanthya,keshya,balya,shukrala,rasayana
Roghanata: chardi,trishna,daha,raktapitta,vranasotha,kshaya

Chemical constituents: Glycyrrhizin,aglycone,glycyrrhetinic acid,24hydroxygycyrrhizin,3-dehydro-18 beta-glycyrrhetinic acid,2-15%

triterpenoid saponins.

KATPHALA
Botanical Name: Myrica nagi
Family: Myricaceae
Botanical Description:
A medium to large woody, evergreen, deciduous tree1215meters height.
Leaves: Crowded towards the end branches, ianceolate 9.2cm long ,3.2cm
broad,oval shaped
Flowers: Pistillate, sessile, solitary and bracteates sepals and petals,compound
racemose, axillary, bearing about 25 flowers
Fruits: Globose and succulent drupe
Useful part: Bark
Properties:
Rasa: Kashaya,tikta,katu
Guna: Laghu,tiksna
Virya: Ushna
Vipaka: Katu
Action: Vatakapha hara, vedhana sthapana, shukra sodhana,sandhaniya

Roghanata: Aruchi, jwara,udara,raktapitta,shwasa,kasa,pratishyaya,kandu,arshas

Chemical constituents: pro-anthocyanidi,myricanol,myricanone,gallic
acid,tarxerone,taraxerol,myricadol,sitosterol

1.Madhuka - Glycyrrhiza glabra

2.Mandhuparni - Tinspora cordifolia
3.prsniparni Uraria picta
4.Ambasthaki Cissampelos pareeia
5.samanga Rubia cordifolia
6.mocarasa- Salmalia malabarica
7.Dhataki Woodfordia fruticosa
8.Lodhra Symplocos racemosa
9.Priyangu Callicarpa macrophylla
10.Katphala Myrica nagi