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==Common names==
 
==Common names==
 
{{Common names|sa=Maamasi, Jialaa|en=Nardus root|gu=Baalchad, Kalichad|hi=Balchara|kn=Bhootajata, Ganagila maste|ks=Bhutijata|ml=Manchi,Jatamanchi|mr=Jatamansi|pa=Billilotan, Balchhar, Chharguddi|ta=Jatamanji|te=Jatamams}}
 
{{Common names|sa=Maamasi, Jialaa|en=Nardus root|gu=Baalchad, Kalichad|hi=Balchara|kn=Bhootajata, Ganagila maste|ks=Bhutijata|ml=Manchi,Jatamanchi|mr=Jatamansi|pa=Billilotan, Balchhar, Chharguddi|ta=Jatamanji|te=Jatamams}}
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==Chemical Composition==
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Essential oil and resinuous matter
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==

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Jatamaamasi consists of dried rhizome of Nardostachys jatamansi DC.(Fam.Valerianaceae), an errect perennial herb, 10-60 cm high growing at an altitude of 3000-5000m on the sub-alpine Himalayan tracts.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Bhootajata, Ganagila maste
Hindi Balchara
Malayalam Manchi,Jatamanchi
Tamil Jatamanji
Telugu Jatamams
Marathi Jatamansi
Gujarathi Baalchad, Kalichad
Punjabi Billilotan, Balchhar, Chharguddi
Kashmiri Bhutijata
Sanskrit Maamasi, Jialaa
English Nardus root


Chemical Composition

Essential oil and resinuous matter

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, kashaya,

Guna

Laghu

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

Katu

Karma

Midya, Tridoshanut, Varnya, Nidrajanana, Kushaghna

Prabhava

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 67.

See also

External Links

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA