For BAMS
students

• Valerianaceae
• Tapasvini, Jata,Nalada, Bhutajata, Mamsi , Mura
Ganas
Charaka- Sanjnasthapana , Kandughna,
Tiktaskandha
Susrutha- Elanjanadi gana , Eladi gana
Vaghbhata- Anjanadi gana Eladi gana

• Susrutha and Vagbhata – Mamsi,
Gandhamamsi ( Selinum tenuirolium)
• Raja nighantu – Third variety – Akasa
mamsi
• Nighantu ratnakara – Sadharana
mamsi, Sugandha mamsi and Akasa
mamsi

Rhizome

• Sesquiterpenes
• Coumarins
• Principal sesquiterpene is Jatamansone
• Volatile essential oils , resins, sugar,
starch spirojatamol etc

Rasa- Tikta, kashaya
Guna- LAGHU,SNIGDHA
Virya – Seeta
Vipaka – Katu
Write DK, BK and RK

• Part used – Rhizome
• Dosage – 1-3 gms
• Yogas – Mahapaishachika ghrita, Kulatthadi
ghrita , Khadiradi gutika etc

• Myristaceae
• Synonyms- Puta, Madasounda ,
Malatiphala , Majjasaram , Soumanasayani
• Not mentioned in any ganas
• Adulterants – Myristica malabarica,
Myristica dactyloides

Evergreen aromatic tree with
greyish black bark
Coriaceous, elliptic or oblong
lanceolate, deep green above
and greyish beneath
Creamy yellow flowers ,
fragrant, borne in umbellate
cymes
Fruits – Globose , 6-9 cms long
, pear shaped, glabrous, often
drooping , yellow with fleshy
pericarp , splitting into two
halves when mature
Seeds- Arillate, albuminous ,
broadly ovoid with purpliush
brown testa

• Myristicin , myristic acid, alpha
pinene , terpenes , beta pinene ,
trimyristin etc

Rasa- Tikta, Katu
Guna- Laghu, Theekshna
Veerya- Ushna
Vipaka – Katu
Write DK, BK and RK

• Seed, seed coat, oil
• Powder – 0.5- 1 gm
• Oil- 1-3 drops
• Yogas- Jatiphaladi choorna , Jatiphaladi
vati

• Umbelliferae
• Synonyms – Ajaji, Kana , Jarana , Dirgha jiraka
Ganas
Charaka – Sula prashamana
Susrutha- Pippalyadi
Vagbhata- Pippalyadi

• Susrutha – Jiraka dwaya- Jiraka, Krishna
jiraka
• Dhanwanthari nighantu- 4 varieties –
Jeeraka, shukla jeeraka, krishna jeeraka,
vanya jeeraka
• Sodhala- Upakunchika, Shukla jeeraka,
Krishna jeeraka
• Kayyadeva- Jeeraka tritaya

Annual herb
Leaves- Twice or thrice tripartite ,
ultimate segments filiform
Flowers- In compound umbels, few
rays and several bracts and
bracteoles
Calyx teeth small, subulate , oblong
obovate petals
Fruits – Cylindrical narrow
tip,hispidulous vittae large , solitary
under each secondary ridge
Seeds- Dorsally compressed ,
covex- concave

• Cuminin, diacyl glycerol,
imperatorin, isoimperatorin,
isoimpinellin etc

Rasa-Katu
Guna- Laghu, rooksha
Veerya- Ushna
Vipaka – Katu
Write DK, BK and RK

• Fruit
• Fruit powder Dosage – 3-6 gms
• Yogas- Jirakadyarishta, Jirakadi modaka ,
jiraka ghrita , jirakadya choorna etc

• Umbelliferae
• Synonyms- Ugrasodhana , Sugandha
• Ganas- Not mentioned

A biennial , occasionally
pernenial herb with erect stem
and branched
Levaes pinnate with several
pairs of sessile segments , once
or twice pinnate with sort linear
lobes
Flowers- In umbels of 8-10 rays
Fruits- 5 mm long carpels ,
linear oblong, curved with
prominent ribs

• Fruit
• Chemical constituents – Essential oil,
triacyl glycerol, sterols, petroselenic acid
etc
• Essential oil- Carvone, limonene, p-
cymene, cuminal etc

Rasa- Katu
Guna- Laghu, rooksha
Veerya – Ushna
Vipaka – Katu
Write BK, DK and RK
Fruit powder 1-3 gms