What Everyone Ought To Know About PILU HERB in herbal ayurveda

Address:154, Shankar Nagar, Near Garden, Nagpur-440010(INDIA)Date:23/5/2018Name Dr.nitesh KhondePhone no:+91-9607957777, 7263807777,+91-9923200007Website:http://parijatak.com/pilu-herb/

Parijatak talks about pillu herb in herbal Ayurveda

Headline: Habit – Large, much-branched evergreen shrub or a small tree. Stem – Bark of the old stems are rugose, branches are numerous, drooping, finely striate. Wood is whitish yellow in color.

Leaves – Fleshy, Glaucous, 4 to 6 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, apex. Has 5 to 6 pairs of main nerves. The petiole is 1 to 2 cm long. Inflorescence – Axillary or terminal panicle. Flower- Greenish Yellow. Fruits – Drupe, 3 mm in diameter, globose, smooth and becomes red on ripening.

Classification:

According To Modern

Kingdom –Plantae

Order –Gentianales

Family – Salvadoraceae

According To Ayurveda

Charak- VirecanopagaVarga

JwaraharaVarga

Sushruta- Not included in Gana

Bhavprakash- AmradiPhalaVarga

Other Names :

Hindi name- Jhaka, MeswakEnglish name- Tooth brush tree, Mustard tree, Salt brush treeArabic name- ArakBengali name- JhalGujarathi name- Khari JhalKannada name- GonimaraMarathi name- Peelu, KhakanaPunjabi name- PeeluTelugu name- VaragoguTamil name- Perungoli

General Information :

Habit – Large, much-branched evergreen shrub or a small tree. Stem – Bark of the old stems are rugose, branches are numerous, drooping, finely striate. Wood is whitish yellow in color. Leaves – Fleshy, Glaucus, 4 to 6 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, apex. Has 5 to 6 pairs of main nerves. The petiole is 1 to 2 cm long. Inflorescence – Axillary or terminal panicle. Flower- Greenish Yellow. Fruits – Drupe, 3 mm in diameter, globose, smooth and becomes red on ripening.

Properties (Gunadharma)

Rasa- Tikta, Madhura

Vipak- Katu

Virya- Ushna

Guna-Laghu, Snigdha, Tikshna.Type of Plant :

Two types of Pilu.

PiluRaja PiluBenefits :

Internal application :

Being anulomana ripe fruit and the seed are used as virechana in udara, gluma and arsha. Leaves being stambhana and raktapittaprashamana are used in raktapitta. Juice of the leaves or their quatha is indicated in mootrakrichchhra and as ashmarighna.

Gulma (A bdominal tumor)

Pilu (Salvadorapersica) fruits fried then consumed with Lavana (Salt). This remedy is very good in Gulma.

The cold infusion prepared from the fruit is given in a dose of 40-50 ml to treat fever.

The small twigs of the plant Meswak is used as toothbrush for cleaning the teeth. This practice is still prevalent in some parts of the country where Pilu is found.

The fruits and the decoction of the root are given to treat dysmenorrhea and difficulty in micturition.

The paste of the leaf and seed is applied over the area affected with skin diseases.

The extract of the plant is used in toothpaste by some of the manufacturers.

Formulation (Kalp):

Name Indication

KusthanasakaPralepa Kustha

Visarpasodhana Yoga Visarpa

HaritakyadiChoorna Udavarta

Dosage :

BeejaChoorna – 1 to 2 gm.

Phalarasa – 5 to 10 ml.

Patra Choorna – 1 to 3 gm.

Research Corner :

A total of 24 rats were divided into 4 groups; control, stress, extract alone, and stress+ extract (n=6 each), for total 21 days of treatment. The immobilization stress was induced in rats by putting them in 20 cm?7cm plastic tubes for 2 h/day for 21 days.

Contact info: Name: Dr. Nitesh Khonde

Mo. No: 9209107777, 9607957777

Website:http://parijatak.com/pilu-herb/