Mahābhṛṅgarāja Taila · महाभृङ्गराज तैल
Khalitya (hair fall); Indra-lupta (alopecia).
Malati (Spanish Jasmine)
Mālatī मालती
Jasminum grandiflorum · Oleaceae
Common: Spanish jasmine · Royal jasmine · Jati
creeper flower budsprouts shita cultivated
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- tikta · katu · kashaya— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- laghu · snigdha— qualities
- Virya
- shita— potency (cooling)
- Vipaka
- katu— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
V
Vata
·neutral
P
Pitta
↓pacifies
K
Kapha
↓pacifies
pacifies (↓) aggravates (↑) neutral (·)
Functions
anti-microbialwound-healingfragranceanti-Kushtha
Spanish jasmine. Flower buds and sprouts. Used in Sushruta’s Indra-lupta hair oil (Cikitsa 20.15). Wound-healing, anti-microbial.
Used in 2 recipes
Vajraka Taila · वज्रक तैल
Kushtha; malignant ulcers.