Agnimantha

Botanical name

Premna mucronata.

Family:

Verbenaceae

Sanskrit:

Agnimath, jay, and sriparna.

English

Headache tree.

Hindi

Arni, ganiyar, bharkhar.

Kannada

Agnimantha.

Malayalam

Mujna, kattappa.

Telugu

Kondamanga, takli, nelli, pedda nelli kura, konda manga.

Tamil

Minni, pachumallai, munnai, erumaimunnai, and celumalaron.

Marathi

Eran, takli.

Distribution:

Available in northern india widely.

Parts used:

Leaf, root.

Dose:

Churna 1 to 3 gm, juice 10 to 20 ml, kwath 50 to 100 ml.

Chemical constituents

Agnimnatha extracts do contain ceryl alcohol, clerodin, clerosterol, cerotic acids,
clerodendrin, d-mannitol, hispidulin, palmitic, luteolin, apigenin, pectolinarigenin.

Ayurvedic properties:

Quality (guna)

Ruksha, laghu.

Taste (rasa)

Tiktha, katu, kashy, madhura..

Metabolism (vipaka)

Katu.

Potency (virya)

Ushna

Impact (prabhava)

Raktabhar shamaka.

Pharmacological action:

Hypoglycaemic property of agnimantha extracts is helpful for controlling diabetes. Anthelmintic property of agnimnatha is helpful to prevent worm infestation. It is found effective in reducing edema.

Therapeutic uses

  • Agnimantha is effective in hypertension.
  • Abdominal disorders.
  • Skin diseases.
  • Pacifies vitiated vata and kapha.