97. Vibheethaal
Names:- Latin Terminalia belerica
Tamil Tanikkai
Telugu Tadikaya
Canarese Shantheekaye
Malayal Thanikkai
Urdu Balla
Aksham bhedana rukshoshnam
Vairasya Kriminuth Katu
Chakshushyam Swaadu Paakancha
Kashaayam Kaphapittanuth.
Vibheetaki (Aksham) is rooksha and Ushna. It is pungent and sweet by Vipaaka and also astringent. It checks Kapha and Pitta. It is useful in the treatment of loss of voice and Krimi. It loosens the secretions and excretions (Bhedanam). It is good for the eyes.
Dose:- 5 to 30 grains of the powder.
Action:- Astringent, anthelmintic, mild-laxative in large doses and tonic.
Uses:- It is one of the ingredients of Triphala and is used very much in combination. It is specially useful in throat troubles as a pigment with honey. By its astringent taste it is useful in dysentery and diarrhoea and other inflammatory affections of the stomach and intestines. The decoction mixed with honey is a very good antiseptic and astringent gargle in sore mouth and throat. As giving colour to the hair, it is used in hair oils and it gives black colour to them. It seems to be more soothing in action than Harithaki.
98. Vidangam
Names:- Latin Embelia ribes
Tamil Vayvidangam
Telugu Vayuvidangalu
Canarese Vayuvidanga
Malayal Vishalari
Urdu Baybidang
Vidangam Katu teekhnoshnam
Rooksham Vahnikaram laghu
Soolaadhmaanodara Sleshma
Krimivaata Vibhandhanuth.
Vidangam is pungent, dry, laghu, penetrating (teakshna) and heating. It improves digestion. It is useful in the treatment of colic (Soola), abdominal distention, Udara, Sleshma, Krimi and Vaata. It relieves constipation.
Dose:- ¼ to 1 tola for single administration ground with water, strained through cloth and taken with sugar, honey or castor oil.
5 to 15 grains for repeated administration either alone or in combination.
Action:- Carminative, anthelmintic and alternative.
Uses:- It enjoys a high repute as an anthelmintic and is given either alone or in combination with other drugs. It is given for a few days and then followed by castor oil or Trivrit. For round worms and thread worms, it may be combined with Palasa beejam, Krishnajiraka etc., and for tape worm it is given along with a decoction of Dadima-moola-thwak, ½ to 1 tola in each dose. The decoction is given every 4 hours or every morning till the head of the worm passes out in the stools. It is also given as an anupanam to other medicines. It is used both internally and externally in Krimikushta. As a Rasayana or tonic it is recommended by Sushruta. Mixed with Tila, the powder is recommended as a snuffing powder in Ardhaavabhedaka or partial headache.
99. Vishamushti
Names:- Latin Strychnos Nuxvomica
Tamil Ettikkottai
Telugu Visha Tinduka or Vishamushti
or Mushini ginjalu
Canarese
Malayal
Urdu Kuchla
Vishamushtih Tikta Katuh
Teekshnoshnah Sleshma Vataapahaa (Yogarat-naakara)
Tikta Kushta Vinaasanah
Vaataamayaasra Kandooti
Kaphaa Maarso Vranapahaa.
Raja Nighantu.
Vishamushti is bitter and pungent. It is acute and heating. It checks Kapha and Vaata. It is useful in the treatment of Kushta, Nervous diseases, diseases of the blood, Itching, Aamadosha, Piles and Wounds. It has been recommended in poisons and as an antidote for dog-bite.
In digestion disorders it is used as Agnitundi Vati made as follows:
Purified mercury, purified aconite, purified Sulphur, Haritaki, Aamalaki, Vibeethaki, Sajjakshara, Chitramoola, Saindhava lavana, Tankana, equal parts of powder of purified Vishamushti seeds 16 parts – grind mercury and Sulphur first and grind the others one by one adding lemon juice; grind well and make 2 grain pills.
Dose:- One or 2 pills, 2 or 3 times a day before or after food with hot water or thin buttermilk. It is used in Malaria as Kumaryadi Vati (see under Kumari). As a general tonic in heart disease and in debility after insanity and fevers it is very useful.
Dose of the seed:- ½ to 2 gr. Of the purified seed. It is never given alone but only as a compound pill such as Agnitundi or Vaatagajaankusam (see below):
Vishamushti wood – powdered 2 to 5 gr.
Leaves powdered 2 to 5 gr.
Action:- Nervine stimulant, digestive, antimalarial, tonic and aphrodisiac.
Uses:- Nux Vomica is very much used as a carminative and tonic for many centuries in India. It is included in the Poisons. It is purified by soaking in buttermilk or water in which raw rice is washed. The seeds are also slightly fried in ghee.
Kinchit Aajyena Sambhristo
Vishamushtir Visudhyati.
In nervous diseases it is used as Vaatagajankusam made as follows. Purified mercury 8 parts, Purified Vishamusti 8 parts, Purified Sulphur 3 parts, Triphala 3 parts, Trikatu 3 parts. Grind Rasa and Gandhaka first and then add and grind with lemon juice the other ingredients one by one and make into 2 gr. Pills.
