3. Varieties
• Arka and Rajarka – Dhanwanthari nighantu
• Raktaarka and Shwethaarka- Sodhala nighantu
• Arka and Rajaarka – Kayyadeva nighantu
• Shwethaarka and Raktaarka – Bhavaprakasha
• Raja nighantu – Arka, Rajaarka,Suklaarka,
Shwetha mandaraka
Shwethaarka – Calotropis gigantea
Raktaarka – Calotropis procera
4. Morphology of C gigantea
• Shrub up to 3 meters high
• The shoots are young and inflorescence and
under side of leaves are covered with soft
wooly tomentum
• Leaves are 10-15cms long, sessile or subsessile
• Flowers – tinted in umbellate lateral cymes ,
purplish lilac or white
• Fruits- Follicles
5.
6. Useful part
• Root , bark, latex
• Chemical constituents-
• C. gigantae- Laurane, saccharose, beta
amyrin,alpha and beta calotropeols , calactin,
calotoxin, calotropin , gigantin etc
• C. procera – Alpha and beta amyrin, calactin,
proceroside, calotropin, calotropain etc
9. • Dosage – Root bark powder- 0.5-1 gm
• Flower powder- 1-3 gms
• Yogas- Arka taila, Arka vati, Arka lavana etc
10. Ashwagandha
• Withania somnifera
• Solanaceae
• Synonyms- Gatrakari, Turagi, Pivari,
Balya,Vajikari, Vajigandha, Hayagandha
GANAS
Charaka – Balya, brimhana , madhura skandha
Susrutha and Vagbhata – not mentioned in any
ganas
11. Morphology
• An erect branching undershrub reaching about
150cms in height clothed with tomentum
• Leaves- Ovate upto 10cms long
• Flowers- Greenish or lurid yellow in axillary
fasicles
• Fruits- Globose berries which are orange
coloured when mature
• Fleshy roots are dry and cylindrical ta[pering
down with a brownish white surface and pure
white inside when broken
12.
13. Useful part
• Root
• Chemical constituents- Withaferin
A,Withanone, Withanolide , Somnirol,
Somnitol, Withasomniferin A, Tropin,
Withasomin etc
17. Morphology
• Small evergreen tree , about 9 meters in height
• Bark – with warty surface , dark brown to grey,
almost black
• Leaves are paripinnate, 15-20cms long , 6-12
leaflets , oblong or oblong lanceolate
• Flowers- in dense axillary corymbs fragnant,
orange
• Fruits- Oblong flat woody pods
• Seeds- Ellipsoid, oblong compressed seeds
18.
19. Useful part
• Stem bark
• Chemical consttituents-Alkanes, esters and
primary alcohol,tannin, catechin , catechol,
epicatechin
• Adulterant – Bark of Polyathia longifolia
20. Gunakarma vijnana
Rasa – Kashaya tikta
Guna-Laghu, rooksha
Veerya- Sita
Vipaka- Katu
BK, DK and RK – Write
yourself
21. Guna karma vijnana
• Rasa – Kashaya tikta
• Guna-Laghu, rooksha
• Veerya- Sita
• Vipaka- Katu
• BK, DK and RK – Write yourself