Kanyasara (Lf.)
KANYASARA
Kanyisira consists of dried juice of leaves of Aloe barbadensis Mill. Syn. Aloe vera Tourn.ex Linn, Aloe indica Royle. (Fam. Liliaceae), shrub planted in many gardens.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : Kumirirasasambhava, Sahisira
Assamese : Musabhar, Machambar
Bengali : Ghritakalmi
English : Indian Aloe
Gujrati : Eliyo, Eariyo
Hindi : Musabhar, Elva
Kannada : Karibola, Lolesara satva, Lovalsara, Lolesara
Kashmiri : Musabbar, Siber
Malayalam : Chenninayakam
Marathi : Korphad
Oriya : Musabara
Punjabi : Kalasohaga, Mussabar, Alua
Tamil : Kattazhi, Satthukkathazhai
Telugu : Musambaram
Urdu : Musabbar, Ailiva, Siber
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Dark chocolate brown, to black, compact, irregular masses: surface dull, opaque with slightly vitreous appearance, odour, characteristic, taste, nauseous and bitter.
b) Microscopic
Powder when mounted in glycerin or lactophenol and examined under the microscope shows innumerable crystalline, yellowish-brown to chocolate coloured particles of varying size and shape.
CONSTITUENTS – Anthraquinone, glycoside
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Katu
Guna : Ushna
Virya : Ushna
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Bhedi, Pittanirharana, Rajahpravartaka, Jvaranut.
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Rajahpravartini Vati, Cukkumtippalyidi Gutiki
THERAPEUTIC USES – Jvara, Udararoga, Kashtirtava, Yakridvikira
DOSE – 125 – 500 mg of the drug in powder form.
