Dadimashtaka churna is an Ayurvedic medicine used in the treatment of diseases affecting the digestive system. This powder contains only herbal ingredients. This medicine should only take as per the direction by a physician.
BENEFITS OF DADIMASHTAKA CHURNA
- This medicine is mainly used in the management of diseases of the digestive system.
- This medicine is specially administrated in the disease called grahani ( sprue, malabsorption ).
- It is also effective in anorexia.
INDICATIONS OF DADIMASHTAKA CHURNA
- Grahani – sprue
- Atisara – diarrhoea
- Digestive problems
- Anorexia
INGREDIENTS OF DADIMASHTAKA CHURNA
| SL NO | SANSKRIT NAME | ENGLISH | LATIN | QUANTITY | ACTION |
| 1 | VAMSALOCHANA | Bambusa bambos | 1 Part | ||
| 2 | PIPPALI | Long pepper | Piper longum | 4 Part | Carminative |
| 3 | MARICHA | Black pepper | Piper nigrum | 4 Part | Carminative |
| 4 | ELA | cardamom | Elettaria cardamomum | 2 Part | Balances vata and kapha |
| 5 | PATRA | Cinnamomum tamala | 2 Part | Effective in cough | |
| 6 | TWAK | Cinnamomum zeylanicum | 2 Part | Effective on indigestion | |
| 7 | NAGAKESARA | Mesua ferrea | 2 Part | Carminative | |
| 8 | SUNDI | Dried ginger | Zingiber officinalis | 4 Part | Carminative |
| 9 | YAVANI | ajowan | Trachyspermum ammi | 4 Part | carminative |
| 10 | PIPPALIMULA | Long pepper | Piper longum | 4 Part | carminative |
| 11 | JEERAKA(AJAJI) | Cumin seed | Cuminum cyminum | 4 Part | carminative |
| 12 | DHANYAKA | coriander | Coriandrum sativum | 4 Part | Balances tridosha |
| 13 | SITA | Sugar | 8 Part | ||
| 14 | DADIMA | Punica granatum | 4 Part | Effective in digestive problems |
METHOD OF PREPARATION
Above mentioned drugs are taken and finely powdered.
DOSHA- DUSHYA PREDOMINANCE AND ROGA MARGA
- Dosha – This medicine is recommended for the treatment of vata dosha imbalance.
- Dushya- useful in diseases affecting rasa dhatu – diarrhoea
- Roga marga – This medicine can be administered in diseases affecting
Abhyanthara roga marga – digestive diseases, diarrhoea, dysentery
DOSAGE AND USAGE
3 to 10 gms 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 practised 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 which 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?
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.
CLASSICAL REFERENCE
- Ashtanga hridayam – atisara chikilsa
EQUIVALENT MEDICINES
- Kapithashtaka churna
- Vilwadi gulika
- Kutajarishtam
AVAILABLE BRANDS
- Nagarjuna
- Kottakkal Arya vaidya sala
RESEARCH PAPERS
- Role of dadimashtaka churna in the management of grahani dosha w.s. r. to disease prevalence in school going children.
http://www.wjpmr.com/download/article/46042019/1556612716.pdf
- Comparative evaluation of quality standards for dadimashtaka churna: a polyherbal formulation.
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/215123/19/19%20research%20article2.pdf
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