Kantakari ghritam is an Ayurvedic medicine for cough, asthma and other breathing disorders.
Avantages de la Kantakari ghritam
Kantakari ghritam combination is used either as acchasnehapana as a preparatory procedure to Ayurvedic Panchakarma (cleansing therapy) or as samanasneha in small doses after having Kashaya or other rookshana medicines for a while. It helps to regain health after the Rookshana (drying up therapies.
It is used in acute and chronic respiratory infection. It is beneficial in chronic night coughs and sleep apnoea.
It is very effective in asthma. It works as a good expectorant, removes the phlegm and clears airways.
It is found useful in treating Kapha-Vata dominant fevers when added with other formulations.
As the kaphadosha is cleared, Agni starts functioning proper. By improving digestion, this kashayam improves taste and appetite; bio availability of nutrients in the food also enhanced. Hence general health improved.
Indications de Kantakari ghritam
Sarva kaasa – All types of Cough
Swaasa-Hidhma – Breathing disorder and hiccup
Ingredients of Kantakari ghritam
| Morelle jaune | Kantakari | Solanum xanthocarpum |
Il a des activités antioxydantes et anticancéreuses. Elle possède des propriétés anti-asthmatiques, hypoglycémiques, hépatoprotectrices, antibactériennes et insectifuges.
| Country mallow | Bala | Sida cordifolia Linn. |
It is anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory, contraceptive and anti-fungal activity. It is a tonic for strengthening nerves and muscles in various neuro motor diseases.
Vyosha/Thrikaru
It is a group of three drugs namely,
Trikatu Churna is helpful in following health conditions.[36]
- Constipation with mucous or sticky stool.
- Loss of appetite.
- Indigestion.
- Gas or flatulence.
- Bloating.
- Abdominal distension.
- Irritable bowel syndrome.
- Common cold (acute phase during running nose).
- Cough with thin white phlegm.
- Asthma (chest congestion due to phlegm).
- Weight loss (obesity).
- Body aches with feeling of heaviness in the body.
- High cholesterol levels.
- Atherosclerosis.
- High blood pressure due to hypercholesterolemia
| Gingembre séché | Sunthi | Zingiber officinalis |
Il est onctueux et chaud, avec un goût piquant, mais devient doux après la digestion. Il est aphrodisiaque et équilibre Vata et Kapha.
Il améliore la perception du goût et favorise la digestion. Il soulage la toux, le rhume et d'autres problèmes respiratoires. Ce n'est pas un laxatif, il provoque plutôt la constipation.
| Poivre noir | Maricha | Piper nigrum L. |
Black Pepper is extremely useful for respiratory disorders and asthma. In conditions like hoarse voice, dental caries, in removing bad breadth (halitosis), the gargling of Black Pepper Powder along with salt and warm water may be used. Black pepper is also used in case of Heavy diets as it aids digestion. Black pepper is also used in the weakness and loosening of the anal sphincter especially in case of piles. For Headache and migraine, nasal drops of Black pepper powder prepared in milk is used. It helps to remove the chronic headache. The same preparation can also be used as local application on fore head in the form of paste. Black pepper reduces itching and discharge through the lesions when used in the form of local application on skin disorders.
| Poivre long | Pippali | Piper longum |
Il a une action carminative et peut être utilisé comme apéritif. Le fruit et la racine de Pippali sont utilisés sous forme de poudre pour traiter la fièvre, la diarrhée, les hémorroïdes, la toux, le hoquet, l'asthme, l'enrouement, les flatulences, les coliques, les vomissements, les gastrites acides, les œdèmes, les maladies de la bouche, les maladies des yeux, les maladies du sperme, les maladies féminines, la jaunisse et les maux d'oreille.
Le Pippali mélangé à du miel soulage la toux, la dyspnée, la fièvre, la splénomégalie et le hoquet.
Trikatu Churna is helpful in following health conditions.
- Constipation with mucous or sticky stool.
- Loss of appetite.
- Indigestion.
- Gas or flatulence.
- Bloating.
- Abdominal distension.
- Common cold (acute phase during running nose).
- Cough with white phlegm.
- Asthma (chest congestion due to phlegm).
- Obésité
- Body aches with feeling of heaviness in the body.
- High cholesterol levels.
- Atherosclerosis.
- High blood pressure due to hypercholesterolemia
| False black pepper | Vidanga
|
Embelia ribes |
It is an appetiser and mild laxative. It has carminative, stimulant, anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-cancerous and anthelmintic properties.
| Aromatic ginger/ sand ginger/kenkur/cutcherry/resurrection lily | Satthi | Kaempferia galanga Linn. |
It is an anti-tussive, expectorant, anti-pyretic, diuretic, anabolic, antiseptic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, wound healing and carminative. It is a blood purifier. It is used in the treatment of gastro-intestinal disorders, asthma, rheumatism, epilepsy, wounds, skin diseases, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, flatulence, and cancer.
| Anar/Pome granate | Dadima | Punca granatum L. |
It has a wide variety of uses. Medicinal properties of fruits and fruit shell are decided by its taste when ripe. Sweet ones balance all 3 doshas. They can cure excess thirst, burning sensation, fever, dosha in chest, throat and mouth. It is nourishing and aphrodisiac. It has antidiarrheal property.It gives moisture in the body, boosts intellectual power and physical strength.
Sweet and sour fruits are easy to digest, carminative, and improve digestion & taste. Sour fruits increase Pitta slightly, help in the cure of amavata and kaphadosha.
Sauvarchala – Black salt
Yavakshara – Bhasma of Barley
| Amla, Indian gooseberry | Dhatri/Amalaka | 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.
| Indian elecampane | Poushkara | Inula racemosa HOOK. F. |
It is the drug of choice by many physicians in chronic respiratory conditions. It is an expectorant with anti-inflammatory, carminative, diuretic, and antiseptic properties. The plant is used in chronic bronchitis and rheumatism. Dried rhizomes and roots are used to cure loss of appetite and stomach problems.
| Spreading hogweed | Vrischeeva/Punarnava | Boerhavia diffusa |
The name Punarnava means it has the capability to repair and regenerate itself. It does the same function in our body also. It is an important anti-inflammatory medicinal herb well known for its diuretic and antioedematous properties. Here it works as a diuretic, by balancing the water retention at the same time helping to reduce oedema in the visceral organs being beneficial in ascites, splenomegaly etc. It can eliminate the unwanted fluid collected in tissues and reduce swelling and thereby reverse inflammation.
| Indian nightshade | Brihati | Solanum indicum |
It has anti-oxidants. It also has anti-cancerous, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, immune-modulatory, neuroprotective, diaphoretic, expectorant and stimulant properties.
| Myrobalan Chebulic | Pathya | Terminalia chebula RETZ. & WILLD. |
It is one of the main drugs in Ayurveda, one of the Rasayana and a member of an important group, Triphala. It is used in a wide variety of diseases as it possesses anti-bacterial anti-fungal anti-viral anti-diabetic anti-mutagenic anti-oxidant anti-ulcer and wound-healing properties.
| Ajwain | Yavaani / Deepyaka
|
Trachyspermum ammi (L.) SPRAGUE |
The seeds of this plant are used in the form of powder to treat worms. It acts as an appetiser, carminative and aids digestion. It is also beneficial in treatment of colic.
| Ceylon leadwort | Chitraka | Plumbago zeylanica L.
|
It aids digestion and increases appetite. It has anti-inflammatory action. It can also be used in liver diseases.
| Edgeworth’s Habenaria | Riddhi | Habenaria edgeworthii H.f. |
It is sweet in taste and cold in potency. It is cooling and helps in sperm production. It is used in many degenerative neurological conditions like parkinsonism.
| Raisins noirs | Mridweeka/Draksha | Vitis vinifera L. |
Le raisin est un fruit nourrissant et légèrement laxatif qui peut soutenir l'organisme en cas de maladie, en particulier du tractus gastro-intestinal et du foie. La teneur en nutriments du raisin étant proche de celle du plasma sanguin, le jeûne au raisin est recommandé pour la désintoxication. Le fruit frais est antilithique, constructif, rafraîchissant, diurétique et fortifiant. Le fruit est également utile dans le traitement des varices, des hémorroïdes et de la fragilité capillaire. Le fruit séché est démulsifiant, rafraîchissant, légèrement expectorant, laxatif et stomachique. Il a un léger effet sur la toux. Il est utilisé comme remède pour les maladies de la peau et des yeux.
| Kaattu mulak | Chavya | Piper retrofactum Vahl. |
It is useful in treating indigestion, abdominal colic, worm infestation, poisoning, anorexia, productive cough, asthma, bronchitis, fever, diarrhoea, IBS, haemorrhoids, fistula, chronic respiratory disorders, throat disorders, and rheumatic conditions.
| Spreading hogweed | Varshabhoo/ Punarnava | Boerhavia diffusa |
The name Punarnava means it has the capability to repair and regenerate itself. It does the same function in our body also. It is an important anti-inflammatory medicinal herb well known for its diuretic and antioedematous properties. Here it works as a diuretic, by balancing the water retention at the same time helping to reduce oedema in the visceral organs being beneficial in ascites, splenomegaly etc. It can eliminate the unwanted fluid collected in tissues and reduce swelling and thereby reverse inflammation.
| Stinging nettle | Dhanwayasha/Duralabha | Tragia involucrata Linn. |
This plant is used in many conditions like wounds, eczema, scabies and other skin infections. It has anti-inflammatory property. It is used to treat piles, migraine, warts and rheumatism
| Bor thekera | Amlavetasa | Garcinia pedunculata Roxb. |
It has antihyperglycemic, antidiabetic, and antioxidant properties. It is an excellent cardiac stimulant, digestive and laxative. Used in Ayurveda since the time of Charaka, it is also useful in cough, bloating, splenomegaly etc.
| Crab’s claw | Sringi | Pistacia integrimma |
It has anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, and analgesic properties. According to Ayurveda, it can be used in the treatment of Kapha-Vaata diseases, tuberculosis, fever, breathing disorders like asthma, excessive thirst, cough, hiccups, tastelessness, and vomiting.
| Gale of the wind | Tamalaki | Phyllanthus niruri Linn. |
It has hepato-protective, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, hypolipidemic, hypo-glycaemic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, cardio-protective, anti-uro-lithiac, anti-hyper-uricaemic properties. It is used in kidney & liver diseases, asthma, urinary calculi etc.
| Arbre à fleurs bleues | Bharngi
|
Clerodendrum serratum (L.) MOON |
La plante est considérée comme ayant des propriétés antitoxiques et antiseptiques. Le jus des feuilles est utilisé avec du ghee en application dans les affections cutanées telles que les éruptions herpétiques et le pemphigus. Il est administré en cas de fièvre et est utile dans les sinusites. Le médicament est également utile comme expectorant dans les maladies respiratoires comme l'asthme et la toux.
| Siamese ginger | Rasna | Alpinia galanga (L.) WILLD
|
It is known to have anti-inflammatory and analgesic actions. It is one of the main ingredients of various formulations alleviating pain.
| Puncture vine | Gokshura | Tribulus terrestris |
It is useful in diseases such as hormonal imbalance, sexual problems, heart problems, kidney problems and various skin diseases. It helps in reducing blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
Détails de la fabrication
As already discussed, Kantakari ghrutham has 28 ingredients in total
All these ingredients other than yavakshara and sauvarchala should be washed well and dried up in shade.
For preparation of ghrithakalpana,
We use
- Snehadravya (Cow’s ghee) – 1 prastha
- Dravadravya (For Kashaya here) – 1 aadhaka
Kantakari (Whole plant)
- Kalkadravya (For making paste, 1 karsha each)
Bala
Vyosha
Vidanga
Satthi
Dadima
Sauvarchala
Yavakshara
Moola
Amalaka
Poushkara
Vrischeeva
Brihathi
Pathya
Yavaani
Chitraka
Riddhi
Mridweeka
Chavya
Varshabhoo
Duralabha
Amlavetasa
Sringi
Tamalaki
Bharngi
Rasna
Gokshurakai
Take the prescribed kashaya, ghruta and kalkadravya in an earthen pot. Make it boil and then cook in the open vessel with low fire. Reduce the quantity into the quantity of ghrutha. Make sure to mix it in between with a ladle. 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. Continue cooking and stir in between. Check the Paaka as per Snehapakavidhi. Once the desired Paaka is attained, filter the ghruta into a pot and keep it in air tight glass bottles after cooling. Ghrutha can be used for a longer period of time without any preservatives.
Dosha Dooshya Prédominance avec roga margas.
Kantakari ghrutham is Kapha-pittahara and srothosodhana
Il agit sur aabhyantara rogamarga
Dosage and Usage of Kantakari ghritam
Dosage:
Generally, it is prescribed in OP practise as 5-15ml once a day.
It is said in text as one Pala or 48 gm in a person with profound digestive fire.
It differs for Acchasnehapanasodhana) and vicharanasneha(samana)
Utilisation :
Ghrutham is advised to take in empty stomach, once the ingested food is digested well and aahaararasa is formed well.
Exercices et yoga.
As Kantakari ghritam targets mainly respiratory system and immunity, only mild exercises are advised. Also, specific yogacharya including naadeesuddhi pranayama, bhujangaasana, is recommended.
In persons with fever and respiratory infections, physical exercises are not recommended.
Regular exercise after regaining normal health helps improve bioavailability of the food ingested and leads to positive health.
Le yoga permet de maintenir l'harmonie à l'intérieur du corps et avec le système environnant.
Nadisudhi pranayama
Bhujangasana
Exercices simples pour la santé des poumons et du cœur
Tous les exercices et les efforts physiques doivent être décidés et effectués uniquement sous la supervision d'un expert médical.
Alimentation et comportement recommandés
Régime alimentaire :
- À éviter
Les repas lourds et les aliments difficiles à digérer provoquent des indigestions.
la malbouffe - elle perturbe la digestion et réduit la biodisponibilité du médicament
carbonated drinks – makes the stomach more acidic and disturbed digestion
refrigerated and frozen foods – causes weak and sluggish digestion by weakening Agni (digestive fire)
Milk and milk products – Increase Kapha and cause obstruction in channels, indisgestion and respiratory problems.
le lait caillé - provoque le vidaaha et, par conséquent, de nombreuses autres maladies
- A ajouter
Des repas légers et des aliments faciles à digérer
Green gram, soups.
freshly cooked and warm food processed with cumin seeds, ginger, black pepper, ajwain etc
Comportement :
Protect yourself from extreme cold climate.
Il est préférable d'éviter une exposition excessive à la lumière du soleil, au vent, à la pluie ou à la poussière.
Maintenir une alimentation et un sommeil réguliers.
Évitez de retenir ou de forcer les envies comme l'urine, les selles, la toux, les éternuements, etc.
Avoid sedentary lifestyle. Be active.
Effets secondaires et contre-indications
Aucun effet secondaire connu n'a été signalé.
Références classiques avec image du texte.
ASHTANGAHRUDAYAM CHIKITHSASTHANAM KASACHIKITHSITAM 59-61
Médicaments équivalents.
Kantakari avaleham
Marques disponibles
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Documents de recherche
Kantakari
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15551394/
Riddhi
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21513732.2010.521490
Amlavetasa
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29234381/
Shringi
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26004708/
Tamalaki
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27283048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537880/
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