Brihat vaiswanara churna is an Ayurvedic medicine used in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. This powder contains only herbal ingredients. This medicine should only take as per the direction of a physician.
BENEFITS OF BRIHAT VAISWANARA CHURNA
- This medicine is mainly used in the management of diseases of the digestive system.
- As per Ayurvedic classics, the term ‘Agni” indicates digestive power.
- It is more effective in indigestion-related complaints like abdominal colic, abdominal fullness.
INDICATIONS
- Indigestion
- Abdominal colic
- Bloating
- Constipation
- Sprue
INGREDIENTS OF BRIHAT VAISWANARA CHURNA
| SL NO | SANSKRIT NAME | ENGLISH | LATIN | QUANTITY | ACTION |
| 1 | CHITRAKAM | The root of leadwort | Plumbago zeylanica | 0.313 gm | Carminative |
| 2 | SUNDI | Dried ginger | Zingiber officinalis | 0.313 gm | Carminative |
| 3 | SAUVARCHALA LAVANA | Sochal salt | 0.313 gm | Carminative, balances vata | |
| 4 | HINGU | Asafoetida | Ferula asafoetida | 0.313 gm | Carminative |
| 5 | PIPPALI | Long pepper | Piper longum | 0.313 gm | Carminative |
| 6 | MARICHA | Black pepper | Piper nigrum | 0.313 gm | Carminative |
| 7 | KUSHTA | Saussurea lappa | 0.313 gm | Balances vata and kapha | |
| 8 | VACHA | Sweet flag | Acorus calamus | 0.313 gm | The beneficiary effect in the brain |
| 9 | YAVANI | ajowan | Trachyspermum ammi | 0.313 gm | carminative |
| 10 | ATIVISHA | Aconitum heterophyllum | 0.313 gm | Antipyretic action | |
| 11 | VIDANGA | Embelia ribes | 0.313 gm | Action against infections | |
| 12 | HARITAKI | Chebulic myrobalan | Terminalia chebula | 5 gm | rejuvenator |
| 13 | SAUNDIKA | 0.313 gm | |||
| 14 | KUSHTA | Saussurea lappa | 0.313 gm | ||
| 15 | BHARNGI | Clerodendron serratum | 0.313 gm | Antipyretic action | |
| 16 | GRANTHI | Leonotis nepetifolia | 0.313 gm |
METHOD OF PREPARATION
Above mentioned drugs are taken in equal quantity and finely powdered.
DOSHA- DUSHYA PREDOMINANCE AND ROGA MARGA
- Dosha – This medicine is recommended for the treatment of vata, pitta, and kapha dosha imbalance.
- Dushya- useful in diseases affecting rasa dhatu – indigestion
- Roga marga – This medicine can be administered in diseases affecting
abhyanthara roga marga – digestive diseases
DOSAGE AND USAGE
3 to 6 gms before or after food twice daily along with buttermilk or as directed by an Ayurvedic doctor.
EXERCISES AND YOGA
Yoga and Pranayama are a set of breathing and stretching exercises respectively, widely practiced in the treatment of many diseases.
Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – for getting calmness to the mind provide overall health
The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.
RECOMMENDED DIET AND BEHAVIOUR
- Avoid food items that produce dosha imbalance like cold, more acrid, sour, and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
- Consume easily digestible food items
- Avoid smoking, carbonated drinks, alcohol
SIDE EFFECTS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
- This medicine should only take as per the direction of the physician.
- Taken by children, lactating women, and during pregnancy only after consulting an Ayurveda doctor.
- Improper administration and overdosage leads to side effects
- Can this medicine be used while taking Allopathic medicines?
Seek your doctor’s advice if you are taking this medicine along with Allopathic medicines.
- How long the medicine can be used?
The duration of medicinal administration is based on your stage of the disease. Before taking medicine consult a physician.
- Is this medicine habit forming?
This medicine is not habit-forming. After using for a prescribed period gradually decrease the dose and eventually stop it.
EQUIVALENT MEDICINES
- Hingu ashtaka churna
- Hingu vachadi churna
- Panchkula churna
AVAILABLE BRANDS
RESEARCH PAPERS
- Determination of phytocompounds from terminalia chebula retz by hptlc densitometric method
https://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijpps/article/download/1753/9865
- Pharmacology of Ativisha, Mustaand their substitutes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4484047/