Panchagandha Churnam

Side effects:

No side effects known, used under medical supervision.

Ingredients:

1. Kachura – 1 Part
2. Amalaki – 1 Part
3. Manjista – 1 Part
4. Yashti – 1 Part
5. Daru (Devadaru) – 1 Part
6. Shweta chandana – 1 Part
7. Rakta chandana – 1 Part
8. Kannara – 1 Part
9. Kanmada – 1 Part
10. Vedhi – 1 Part
11. Rohini (Katurohini) – 1 Part
12. Krishna jeeraka – 1 Part
13. Rasna – 1 Part
14. Tintrini sira – 1 Part
15. Sariva – 1 Part
16. Kumkuma – 1 Part
17. Sarja – 1 Part
18. Indu (Karpura) – 1 Part
19. Varivaha (Musta) – 1 Part
20. Kandivenna – 1 Part
21. Balamoola – 1 Part
22. Lajakounthi – 1 Part
23. Jala (Hribera) – 1 Part
24. Ushira – 1 Part
25. Amaya (Kusta) – 1 Part
26. Sanninayaka – 1 Part
27. Karupum (Ahiphena) – 1 Part
28. Kaaviyum (Gairika) – 1 Part
29. Jatiphala – 1 Part

Method of preparation:

The above ingredients are powdered separately and mixed together in specified quantity.

Panchagandhachurnam is generally for external use. Its power will be evident if rubbed into butter or breast milk and dehydrated and then applied over the crown for ailments like pitta dominated insanity, giddiness and hot feeling in the head. Equally effective when it is made into a paste with equal quantity of gooseberry powder in undiluted buttermilk and lay thick over the crown. The powder is good to rub on the head too.

Ayurvedic properties:

Roga karma:?vata pittaja shiraroga, jwara, matibrahma, murcha, daha, brahma, nidranasha.

Dosha karma:?Tridoshahara