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[[File:Aconitum ferox - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-005.jpg|thumb|right|''Vatsanabha'', ''Aconitum ferox'']]
 
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Aconitum ferox is an herb found in the temperate to alpine regions of the Himalaya in the altitude of 3300-5000 m. All parts are highy toxic but has great use in ayurveda.
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'''Aconitum ferox''' is an herb found in the temperate to alpine regions of the Himalaya in the altitude of 3300-5000 m. All parts are highy toxic but has great use in ayurveda.
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
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{{Uses|Respiratory diseases}}, {{Uses|Cardiac tonic}}, {{Uses|Aphrodisiac}}, {{Uses|Urinary disorders}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Enlarged spleen}} <ref name="Uses"/>
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{{Uses|Respiratory diseases}}, {{Uses|Cardiac problem}}, {{Uses|Aphrodisiac}}, {{Uses|Urinary disorders}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Enlarged spleen}} <ref name="Uses"/>
  
 
==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==
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==Common names==
 
==Common names==
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{{Common names|sa=ativisa, garala, kshveda, prativisa, vatsanabha|en=Monk's hood, Indian aconite|gu=|hi=bachhnag, bachnak, bis, bish, mahoor, mitha-zahar|kn=vasanabhi, vatsanabhi|ks=|ml=valsanabhi, vatsanabhi|mr=bachnag, vachnag|pa=|ta=cirinkivisam, karunaabhi, karunapi, vashanavi, vatcanapi, visanapi|te=ativasa, nabhi, vasanabhi}} <ref name="Common names"/>
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{{Common names|sa=Garala, Kshveda|en=Monk's hood, Indian aconite|gu=|hi=Bachhnag, Bachnak|kn=Vasanabhi, Vatsanabhi|ks=|ml=Valsanabhi, Vatsanabhi|mr=Bachnag, Vachnag|pa=|ta=Cirinkivisam, Karunaabhi|te=Ativasa, Nabhi, Vasanabhi}} <ref name="Common names"/>
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
===Leaf===
 
===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|scattered, distant, excepting the lowest 2 or 3 which are usually delayed at the time of the flowering, up to 7, glabrous, or the uppermost very sparingly hairy; petioles slender, the lower up to 25 cm. long and much dilated at the base, uppermost very short; blade orbicular-cordate to reniform in outline with a rather wide sinus (up to 8 cm. deep) up to 11 cm.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|Scattered, distant, excepting the lowest 2 or 3 which are usually delayed at the time of the flowering, up to 7, glabrous}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
 
===Flower===
 
===Flower===
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal raceme|||a loose raceme 10-25 cm. long, often with slender, erect, few-flowered additional branches from the leafy base; rhachis slender, densely yellow-pubescent to sub-tomentose; floral leaves like the preceding leaves, but much reduced, passing upwards into trifid or entire and linear-lanceolate bracts; bracteoles at or below the middle, resembling reduced bracts, very often suppressed; pedicels slender, erect, the lowest at length up to 7 cm. long. Sepals: blue, hairy; uppermost helmet-shaped, helmet semi-orbicular in profile, shortly beaked 20—24 mm. high, 17—20 mm. from tip to base, 7—9 mm. wide; lateral sepals slightly contiguous with the helmet, oblique, orbicular-obovate, broadly clawed, 16 mm. long, 14 mm. broad; lower sepals deflexed, oblong subacute, 10 mm. long.}}
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal raceme|Bluish purple||Loose raceme 10-25 cm. long, often with slender, erect, few-flowered additional branches from the leafy base}}
  
 
===Fruit===
 
===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Follicles||| oblong, obliquely subtruncate, 15—20 mm. long, 4-5 mm. broad, dorsally sub-convex, loosely tomentose or at length almost glabrous, conspicuously reticulate.| obovoid or obpyramidal, 2.6—3 mm. long, winged along the raphe, transversely lamellate on the faces, lamellae undulate|}}
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{{Fruit|Follicles|||Oblong, obliquely subtruncate, 15—20 mm. long, 4-5 mm.|Obovoid or obpyramidal, 2.6—3 mm long|}}
  
 
===Other features===
 
===Other features===
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==Mode of Propagation==
 
==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Root Divisions}}
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Divisions}}
  
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
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==References==
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf"chemistry"]</ref>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemistry]</ref>
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<ref name="Uses">[https://www.planetayurveda.com/library/vatsanabha-aconitum-ferox"Uses"]</ref>
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<ref name="Uses">[https://www.planetayurveda.com/library/vatsanabha-aconitum-ferox Uses]</ref>
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<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search"Common names"]</ref>
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<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search Common names]</ref>
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<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[http://www.bsienvis.nic.in/Database/MedicinalPlants_3939.aspx#Aconitum%20ferox%20Wall.%20(Ranunculaceae)"Ayurvedic preparations"]</ref>
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<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[http://www.bsienvis.nic.in/Database/MedicinalPlants_3939.aspx#Aconitum%20ferox%20Wall.%20(Ranunculaceae) Ayurvedic preparations]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/indian-medicinal-plants/d/doc213942.html Morphology]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/indian-medicinal-plants/d/doc213942.html"morphology"]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[Cultivation]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>
 
 
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</references>
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Aconitum+ferox ]
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* [https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Aconitum+ferox Aconitum ferox on pfaf.org]
  
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Ranunculaceae]]
 
[[Category:Ranunculaceae]]

Latest revision as of 10:56, 9 November 2020

Vatsanabha, Aconitum ferox

Aconitum ferox is an herb found in the temperate to alpine regions of the Himalaya in the altitude of 3300-5000 m. All parts are highy toxic but has great use in ayurveda.

Uses

Respiratory diseases, Cardiac problem, Aphrodisiac, Urinary disorders, Inflammation, Enlarged spleen [1]

Parts Used

Roots

Chemical Composition

Air-dried roots contain 1.2% total alkaloids of which pseudoaconitine is 0.4%. Pseudoaconitine is biologically 1.5 times as active as aconitine. [2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Vasanabhi, Vatsanabhi
Hindi Bachhnag, Bachnak
Malayalam Valsanabhi, Vatsanabhi
Tamil Cirinkivisam, Karunaabhi
Telugu Ativasa, Nabhi, Vasanabhi
Marathi Bachnag, Vachnag
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Garala, Kshveda
English Monk's hood, Indian aconite 
[3]

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Madhura (Sweet), Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Teekshna (Sharp)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Vata, Pitta, Kapha

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate Scattered, distant, excepting the lowest 2 or 3 which are usually delayed at the time of the flowering, up to 7, glabrous

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Terminal raceme Bluish purple Loose raceme 10-25 cm. long, often with slender, erect, few-flowered additional branches from the leafy base

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Follicles Oblong, obliquely subtruncate, 15—20 mm. long, 4-5 mm. Obovoid or obpyramidal, 2.6—3 mm long

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

[5]

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Divisions

How to plant/cultivate

[6]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Himalayas, Temperate area

Photo Gallery

  • Flowers

References

  1. ↑ Uses
  2. ↑ Chemistry
  3. ↑ Common names
  4. ↑ Morphology
  5. ↑ Ayurvedic preparations
  6. ↑ [Cultivation]

External Links

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