Khadiraseetadi kashayam is an Ayurvedic medicine for excessive uterine bleeding. It cures many kinds of inflammations in the female reproductive system.
Benefits of Khadiraseetadi kashayam
It is beneficial in conditions like whitish discharge, low backache and abdominal pain. It cures fever associated with Pitta-kapha dominance.
In Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, it is used to heal the inflammation and improve the function of the affected organs. It is beneficial even in cases of vaginal inflammations with burning sensation and redness.
It is used to treat anaemia and other deficiency diseases in women. It works as a hepato-protective formulation.
It is beneficial in gastric ulcer with severe burning sensation, heartburn and sour belching.
It is used in the treatment of heat rash, acne, oozing pustules, blisters, nail bed infections etc where redness and burning sensation are the predominant signs.
It is used to treat hot flushes associated with menopause. It is beneficial in inflammatory vaginal diseases with redness and burning sensation.
Indications of Khadiraseetadi kashayam
Pitta-Kaphajwara – Fever with Pitta and Kapha dominance
Chardi – Vomiting
Daha – Burning sensation
Thrishna – Excess thirst and dryness of mouth
Agnikrit – Improves digestive fire
Ingredients of Khadiraseetadi kashayam
| Cutch tree | Khadira | Acacia catechu |
It is the best drug for skin diseases. It is widely used to treat acute and chronic skin diseases like eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis, heat rashes etc. It is a blood purifier and is used in bleeding disorders, fever, inflammatory arthritis, diabetic wounds etc.
| Red sandalwood | Seeta/Raktachandana | Pterocarpus santalinus L. |
It has anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, anthelmintic, aphrodisiac, anti-hyperglycaemic and diaphoretic properties. It is used in the treatment of fever, haemorrhage and dysentery.
| Country mallow/Flannel weed | Bala | Sida cordifolia Linn. |
It is anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory, contraceptive and has anti-fungal activity. It is a tonic for strengthening nerves and muscles in various neuro motor diseases.
| Indian kino tree | Asana | Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. |
It is used as a cooling external application for headache and inflammations on skin and joints. It is anti-pyretic, anthelmintic, aphrodisiac. It is used in the treatment of ulcers and also in mental aberrations.
| Indian sarsaparilla | Sariba | Hemidesmus indicus (L.) SCHULT |
It is a coolant and a potent detoxifier. It is demulcent, alterative, astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic, tonic, anti-pyretic, and blood purifier. It is used in leprosy, other skin diseases, fever, asthma, bronchitis, syphilis, pruritus, diseases of the urinary tract and leucorrhoea.
| Adathoda, Malabar nut | Vrisha
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Justicia adathoda L.
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It is an expectorant and is mostly used in respiratory conditions. It helps in treatment of skin diseases. It is also used in jaundice, fevers, headache and urinary infections.
| Shoeflower | Japa | Hibiscus rosa sinensis |
It is a cooling agent, used to lower body temperature. It has a sleep-inducing, anti-stress and soothing properties. It is used to control excess uterine bleeding. It is also helpful in treating dandruff, eczema and other skin problems.
| Coco grass, nut grass, purple nutsredge | Ambuda | Cyperus rotundus L. |
It has marked anti-inflammatory action. It also has anthelmintic, antioxidant and antifungal properties. The drug improves lactation, relieves fever, burning sensation, and excessive thirst. It is also used in treating diarrhoea, dyspepsia and skin diseases.
| Java plum | Modakavalkala | Syzigium cumini |
Different parts of java plum with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, neuropsycho-pharmacological, anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, anti-HIV, antileishmanial, antifungal, nitric oxide scavenging, free radical scavenging, anti-diarrheal, antifertility, anorexigenic, gastroprotective and anti-ulcerogenic, behavioural effects and radioprotective activities. Besides the above, studies are done on the effect of various concentrations of the leaf extracts of the plant on the radiation-induced micronuclei formation.
| Amla, Indian gooseberry | Amalaki
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Emblica officinalis GAERTN. |
Amla exhibits strong antioxidant activity. It is one of the most important plants in the traditional Ayurvedic medical system as well as in other traditional health systems for immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer and hepatoprotective actions. It is widely used for anti-diabetic effect. It is a part of the famous group of drugs called Thriphala.
AS ANUPANA/PRAKSHEPADRAVYA-TO BE TAKEN MIXED WITH THE KASHAYA
Sitha – sugar /Madhu – honey
Details of the manufacturing
Khadiraseetadi kashayam has ten ingredients. All of them are taken in equal quantity.
All these ingredients should be washed well and dried up in shade.
Take the prescribed herbs in dried & crushed form in an earthen pot. Now add 16 times clean water into it. Make it boil and then cook in the open vessel with low fire. Reduce the quantity into one by eighth of the initial quantity. Make sure to mix it in between with a wooden spatula. Also, the fire should be kept low to make sure that all the active ingredients in the herbs needed are absorbed well into the water. Once the quantity is reduced to one by eighth of the initial amount of water, remove the vessel from the fire. Squeeze and drain through a clean white cloth. Collect the decoction in a clean vessel and discard the solid waste. Drink the mild warm decoction.
Dosha Dooshya Predominance with roga margas.
Khadiraseetadi kashayam is Pitta-kaphahara.
It acts antar rogamarga.
Dosage and Usage of Khadiraseetadi kashayam
Dosage: two Pala.
Usage:
Kashayam is advised to take in empty stomach, once the ingested food is digested well and aahaararasa is formed well.
Usage of kashayam with prescribed prakshepadravyas according to the condition of disease and the patient gives the best results mostly.
Exercises and Yoga.
Khadiraseetadi kashayam is used in a wide variety of diseases. Execises should be decided considering the disease. While it targets mainly reproductive system, vigorous exercises which exert abdominal pressure are not allowed in painful conditions.
Only stretching, moderate walking, and mild cardio exercises are advised. Also, specific yogacharya including bhujangaasana, pavanamuktasana, vajrasana etc is recommended.
Sookshma sandhi vyayama (warming up small joints) is advised.
Regular exercise helps improve bioavailability of the medicine and food ingested and leads to positive health.
Yoga can maintain harmony within the body and with the surrounding system.
Pavanamukthasana
vajrasana
Bhujangasana
All the exercises and physical exertions must be decided and done under the supervision of a medical expert only.
Recommended diet and behaviour
Diet:
- To be avoided
Heavy meals and difficult to digest foods – cause indigestion.
junk foods- cause disturbance in digestion and reduces the bioavailability of the medicine
carbonated drinks – makes the stomach more acidic and disturbed digestion
refrigerated and frozen foods – causes weak and sluggish digestion by weakening Agni (digestive fire)
curd – causes vidaaha and thereby many other diseases
Red chilli and other pungent, hot and spicy food items. Eg.pickles.
- To be added
Light meals and easily digestible foods
Green gram, soups, milk and ghee.
freshly cooked and warm food processed with cumin seeds, ginger, ajwain etc
Behaviour:
Better to avoid exposure to excessive sunlight wind rain or dust.
Avoid sedentary lifestyle as it is one of the main causes of many diseases.
Maintain a regular food and sleep schedule.
Avoid holding or forcing the urges like urine, faeces, cough, sneeze etc.
Side effects and contraindications
No known side effects reported
Classical reference
SAHASRAYOGA ASRIGDARA SHLOKA 1
Equivalent medicines.
Musalikhadiradi kashayam
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Research papers
Modakavalkala
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3609276/
GUDUCHI
ANTI OXIDANT AND ANTI INFLAMMATORY
The objective of the present work is to study the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect of alcoholic and water extracts of T. cordifolia (Willd.) Miers leaves in activated human monocytic THP-1 cells.
- cordifolia (Willd.) Miers extracts exhibited significant amounts of total phenolic and flavonoid content, and LC-MS/MS analyses detected tinosponone, a TC-specific clerodane-derived diterpene. Both types of extracts attenuated AA-induced ROS generation via enhancing catalase enzyme activity in THP-1 cells. Real time PCR and ELISA experiments revealed that the elevated levels of LPS-induced TNF-α was remarkably attenuated in THP-1 cells pretreated with T. cordifolia (Willd.) Miers extracts. Western blot and confocal microscopy showed that the alcoholic extract’s anti-inflammatory activity by attenuating NF-κB translocation into the nucleus in LPS-activated THP-1 cells via the inhibition of IκB degradation in the cytosol.
The findings suggest that T. cordifolia (Willd.) Miers dry leaf extracts possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties via upregulation of antioxidant enzymes and attenuation of NF- κB nuclear translocation in activated human monocytic (THP-1) cells.
doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2019.152831.
Raktachandana
Therapeutic roles