Mahābhṛṅgarāja Taila · महाभृङ्गराज तैल
Khalitya (hair fall); Indra-lupta (alopecia).
Karanja (Indian Beech)
Karañja करञ्ज
Pongamia pinnata (= Millettia pinnata) · Fabaceae
Common: Indian beech · Pongam
tree seed (oil)leafbark ushna cultivated
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- tikta · katu · kashaya— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- laghu · ruksha · tikshna— qualities
- Virya
- ushna— potency (heating)
- Vipaka
- katu— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
·neutral
P
Pitta
·neutral
K
Kapha
↓pacifies
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
anti-fungalanti-microbialscalp anti-folliculitisanti-parasitic
Indian beech. Karanja seed oil is anti-microbial, anti-mite. Used in hair oils (Sushruta Cikitsa 20.15 Indra-lupta) and anti-Kushtha lepas.
Used in 4 recipes
Kola-kulathādi Cūrṇa · कोल-कुलथादि चूर्ण
weight reduction; obesity.
Mahānīla Ghṛta · महानील घृत
severe Kushtha — incurable form; Shvitra (leucoderma).
Vajraka Taila · वज्रक तैल
Kushtha; malignant ulcers.