Parpata Herb Ayurvedic Herb

Classification:

According To Modern

Kingdom –Plantae

Family     – Parpatakula

According To Ayurveda

Charak-  RajaNighantu – ParpatadiVarga

KaiyyadevaNighantu – AushadhiVarga

Sushruta-

Bhavprakash- GuduchyadiVarga

Other Names :

• Garo: Pid-papra, Shahtra
• Hindi: Papara, Pit papra
• Malayalam: Parpatakam
• Nepali: Dhukure
• Sanskrit: Parpata, Parpatakah
• Telugu: Chatarashi
• Nepali: Dhukure, KoireKuro, ShampuPhool

General Information :

Skin problems, boils, eczema, daadkhaj, psoriasis Prepare decoction of Pitta papra and neem leaves. Drink regularly for few days. Prepare homemade oil by cooking this herb in mustard oil and apply at affected areas. Kidney problem, Increased Serum creatine and urea Drink decoction of Pitta papra. For poisoning due to any reasons, Removal of body toxins. Prepare decoction by boiling Fumitory (5 gms) in water (200 ml) till volume reduces to 50 ml. Filter and drink. This helps in situation of swallowing of poisonous, toxic substance. Intestinal parasites, digestive problem, nausea, vomiting

Prepare powder of Pitta papra herb and take 1-2 gram twice a day.

Properties (Gunadharma)

• Rasa- Tikta
• Vipak- Katu
• Virya- Sheeta
• Guna-Laghu

Specific Parts :

Panchanga.

Doshaghnata :

Kapha-Pittaghna.

Shloka’s :

पर्पट:शीतल स्तिक्त:पित्तश्र्लेश्मज्वरापह: |

रक्तदाहरुचीग्लानिमदभ्रमविनाशण: || ध. नी.

Benefits:

Being trishnashamak, deepana, grahi, krimighna and yakritottejana, it should be used in trishna, aruchi, agnimandya, krimi, yakritvikara it should be used in trishna, aruchi, agnimandya, krimi, yakritvikara and kamala. Being raktashudhikara and raktastambhana it is used in raktapitta, vatarakra, etc. and in mootrakrichchhra, kushtha, Pittavikara and daha.

Formulation (Kalp):

Parpatadiquatha, Parpatadyarishta.

Dosage :

Powder – 1 to  gm.

Decoction – 40 to 80 ml.

Parpata consists of dried whole plant of Fumaria parviflora Lam. (Fam. Fumaracem), a pale green, branched, annual, diffuse herb, about 60 em high, distributed as a weed of cultivated fields over the greater parts of the country, and also commonly growing on road sides during cold season.

DESCRIPTION

a) Macroscopic

Root – Buff or cream coloured, branched, about 3 mm thick, cylindrical; taste, bitter.

Stem – Light green, smooth, diffused, hollow, about 2 to 4 mm thick; taste, bitter and slightly acrid.

Leaf – Compound, pinnatifid, 5 to 7 cm long, divided into narrow segments; segments 5 mm long and about 1 mm broad, linear or oblong, more or less glaucous, acute or subacute; petiole, very thin, 2.5 to 4.0 cm long; taste, bitter.

Flower – Racemes with 10 to 15 flowers, peduncle upto 3 mm, pedicels about 2 mm, flowers about 7 mm long, bract much longer than the pedicels; sepals 2, white, minute, about 0.5 mm long, triangular ovate, acuminate; corolla in 2 whorls with very small 4 petals, each about 4 mm long; inner petals with a purple or green tip; outer petals with narrow spur, without purple spots stamens 3+3 , staminal sheath subulate above, about 4 mm long, stigma 2 lipped.

Fruit – Capsule, 2 mm long and slightly broader, subrotund, obovate, obtuse or subtruncate, obscurely apiculate, rugose when dry; nutlets globose, upto 2 mm long, single seeded.

b) Microscopic

Root – Root shows single layered epidermis, followed by 5 or 6 layers of cortex consisting of thin-walled, rectangular, parenchymatous cells, outer I or 2 layers irregular and brown in colour; endodermis not distinct; secondary phloem very narrow and consisting of 2 or 3 rows with usual elements; central core shows a wide zone of xylem and consists of usual elements; vessels mostly solitary having reticulate and spiral thickening, medullary ray less developed and mostly uniseriate; fibres moderately long, thick-walled, having narrow lumen and blunt tips.

Stem – Stem shows a pentagonal outline, having prominent angles composed of collenchymatous cells; epidermis single layered of thin-walled, oblong, rectangular cells, covered with thin cuticle; cortex narrow, composed of 2 to 4 layers of chlorenchymatous cells endodermis not distinct; vascular bundles collateral, 5 or 6 arranged in a ring; each vascular bundle capped by a group of sclerenchymatous cells; phloem consists of usual elements; xylem consists of vessels, tracheids, fibres and xylem parenchyma; vessels much elongated, having reticulate, annular or spiral thickening or simple pits; xylem fibres narrow elongated with pointed ends having a few simple pits; centre either hollow or occupied by narrow pith consisting of thinwalled, parenchymatous cells.