Mahātikta Ghṛta · महातिक्त घृत
Kushtha (all skin disease forms); chronic fevers.
Saptaparna (Dita)
Saptaparṇa सप्तपर्ण
Alstonia scholaris · Apocynaceae
Common: Dita · Blackboard tree
tree bark ushna cultivated
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- tikta · kashaya— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- laghu · ruksha— 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-microbialanti-Kushthawound-healing
Dita bark / blackboard tree. Used in anti-Kushtha decoctions and external lepas.
Used in 2 recipes
Vajraka Taila · वज्रक तैल
Kushtha; malignant ulcers.