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Trachyspermum ammi (Linn.) Sprague ex Turril - Yavaani

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Yavaani consists of dried fruit of Trachyspermum ammi (Linn.) Sprague ex Turril Syn. Carum copticum Benth & Hook. f. Ptychotis ajwan DC. (Fam. Umbelliferae), an annual, erect herb, upto 90 cm tall, cultivated almost throughout India, uprooted and thrashed for collecting the fruits[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Oma, Yom, Omu
Hindi Ajwain, Jevain
Malayalam Omam, Ayanodakan
Tamil Omam
Telugu Vamu
Marathi Onva
Gujarathi Ajma, Ajmo, Yavan, Javain
Punjabi Lodhar
Kashmiri Kath
Sanskrit Dipyaaka, Yamaani
English Bishop's weed


Chemical Composition

Essential oil and fixed oil.

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent),

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Teekshna

Veerya

Ushna (Heat)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Shoolahara, Anulomana, Deepana, Krimighna, Paacana, Rucya

Prabhava

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 170

See also

External Links

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA

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