Talk:Kashmarya

Gmelina arborea L.

Kashmarya

Section/Chapter	Herb database/Kashmarya
Botanical name(s)	Gmelina arborea L.
Family	Verbenaceae
Availability	Available
Contributors	--
Year of publication	2025
Publisher	Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre
DOI	Awaited

English name

Candhar tree, comb teak, cashmiri tree

Therapeutic uses

Sotha (swelling), daha(burning), jwara(fever), trushna(thirst), arsha(hemorrhoids)

Synonyms in Charak Samhita

Kashmarya, Gambhari, Bhadraparni(leaves of gambhari are beautiful), Shriparni(beautiful leaves), Madhuparnika.

Synonyms in bhavprakasa nighantu

Kashmiri, hira, pitarohini(bark is yellow in colour), krushnavrunta(leaf has got blackish petiole)

Ayurvedic pharmacological properties

Properties

Sr.no.	Pharmacological criteria	Properties
1	Taste (rasa)	Bitter (tikta), Astringent (kashaya), Sweet (madhura)
2	Potency (veerya)	Hot (ushna)
3	Post digestion effect (vipaka)	Pungent (katu)
4	Qualities (guna)	Heavy (guru)
5	Actions (karma)	Pacify vata, pitta and kapha

Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions

Herbs and their activities

Sr.no.	Reference in Charak Samhita	Activity
1	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 2/11	Asthapana
2	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(24)	Virechanopagmahakashaya(helping purgation)
3	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(38)	Shwayathuharamahakashaya(relieving oedema)
4	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(41)	Dahaprashamanamahakashaya(pacifying burning sensation)
5	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 21/24	Management of obesity
6	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 25/40	Agrya Sangraha(collections of best food articles, factors and drugs in various conditions)
7	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 27/135	Phala Varga(class of fruits)
8	Cha.Sa.Sharira Sthana 8/29	Garbha Vyadhi chikitsa
9	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 7/20	Preparations of Trivritta
10	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 7/30	Preparations of TrivrittaAwaleha
11	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 3/206	As an ingredient of Madhookadi kashaya.
12	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 3/253	As an ingredient of Chandanadi snehabasti.(unctuous enema)
13	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 3/258	As an ingredient of Chandanadi taila.
14	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 3/267	As an ingredient of Agurvadi taila.
15	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 4/39	As pathya ahara(wholesome diet).
16	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 5/67	To increase effect of Trayushanaadi ghrita
17	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 5/149	Ingredient of Mishrak Sneha
18	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 9/52	Ingredient in Apara lasunadya Ghrita
19	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 10/18	Ingredient in Mahapanchagavya Ghrita
20	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 10/29	Ingredient in Vata-pittaj Apasmar nashak Ghrita
21	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 11/44	Ingredient in Shvadamshtradi Ghrita
22	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 12/32	Ingredient in Ashtashatorisht
23	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 12/50	Ingredient in Kansaharitaki Avaleh
24	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 12/67	As a Snan dravya for Bahyaprayogarth(external application)
25	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 13/65	In treatment of vatodara for anuvasan basti
26	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 13/113	As an ingredient of panchkolaghrita
27	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 13/117	As an ingredient of yavadi ghrita
28	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 13/109	In treatment of Udara roga (for parisheka)
29	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 14/144	As an ingredient of dantyarista
30	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 14/202	Dadhisara yoga is used in raktarsha
31	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 15/82	As an ingredient of dashmuladya ghrita
32	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 15/88	As an ingredient of pancamuladhya ghrita evum churna
33	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 15/156	As an ingredient of Mulasava
34	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 17/102	Used in yavagu preparation for hikka svasa
35	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 17/105	Dasamula kwath is used in condition of trishna in terms of patients of hikka svasa.
36	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 17/140	As an ingredient of dashamuladhya ghrita
37	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 18/151	Use as a mrudu sodhana.
38	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 18/39	As a ghrita dravya
39	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 18/83	Use for vaman in treatment of pittaja kasa.
40	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 18/163	As an ingredient of kasmaryadi ghrita.
41	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 23/197	Used in the treatment of Mandali sarpa damsha.
42	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 24/129	Used as anupana in vataja madatyaya as an ingredient of panchamula.
43	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 26/87	As an ingredient of Trushanadi Ghrita.
44	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 26/168	As an ingredient of Mahamayura Ghrita.
45	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 26/272	As an ingredient of Mahaneela taila.
46	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 28/96	Used in the treatment of Garbhashaya– gata vata.
47	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 28/120	As an ingredient of Dashamuladi ghrita.
48	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/59	Bhavana dravya of Parushaka Ghrita.
49	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/64	As an ingredient of Jeevaniya Ghrita.
50	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/76	As an ingredient of Sthiradi Ghrita/Taila.
51	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/85	As an ingredient of Kashmaryadi kwath for Virechana karma.
52	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/97, 98	As an ingredient of Sukumaraka taila.
53	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/105	As an ingredient of Amrutadhya taila.
54	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/112	As an ingredient of Mahapadma taila.
55	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/115	As an ingredient of Shatapaka madhuka taila.
56	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 30/52	As an ingredient of Kashmaryadi ghrita, used in the treatment of Vataja yoni.
57	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 30/100	Used in the treatment of Raktaja yoni, Arajaska, Putraghni.

Dose

• 20-30 gm of drug for decoction

Important formulation

• Dashamularishta
• Dashamulaharitaki
• Dashamula ghrita

Current availability

Available India – hilly regions of south india, himalayan regions

Current researches

https://cb.imsc.res.in/imppat/phytochemical/Gmelina%20arborea

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