Mamsarohini

 

·        Latin name :- Soymida ferbrifuga

·        Family :- Meliaceae

·        Gana/ Varga :-

Varga / gana	Bhav Ni[3]	Dha.Ni(3)	Kai.Ni(3)
Guduchyadi varga	+
Aushadi  varga			+
Karaveeradhi  varga		+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

      Synonyms:-

1.     Atirooha:- Rising beyond limits

2.     Vrntta : 

3.     Charmakasha:-

4.     Vikasa:-

5.     Mamsaroha : 

6.     Praharavalli:-

7.     Veeravathi:-

8.     Veeravalli

9.      Pishitarohini:- 

·        Vernacular names:-

English	Red wood tree
Hindi	Rohini
Kannada	Swami mara
Tamil	Semmaram
Telugu	Somothi

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         Morphology :- Mamsarohini commonly called as Indian Redwood (Soymida febrifyga)  belonging to Meliaceae (nimbi) family. A tall tree , leaves 23-45 cm long , crowded towards the ends of the branches , leaflets 3-6 pairs , opposite , 5-11.3 by 2.5-6.3 cm , elliptic or oblong , obtuse , glabrous , base rounded , inequilateral , the lower side generally extending further down the petioule than the upper, divaricately branched panicles often equaling the leaves , the branches , of the panicle alternate , pedicles very short , bracts minute, triangular , acute. Sepals 5 , rotund , margins membranous , slightly lacerate . Petals 5, obovate , 6mm long , clawed , often notched at the apex . Staminal tube about half as long as the petals, slightly urceolate , anthers attached by the middle of the back . Ovary glabrous , stigma large , discoid , 1.5mm, diam., 5-lobed the lobes radiating to the centre. Capsules 2.5-6.3 cm long, obovoid , 5-celled ,, 5-valved. Seeds winged. It is widely distributed in dry forests of the W.penisula , extending northwards to merwars , the Mirzapur bills and Chota Nagpur , Ceylon 

·        Distribution :  :  Dry forests of the W.Peninsula , extending northwards to Merwera, the Mirzapur hills and Chota Nagpur 

·        Guna-karma :-

   

Guna	Sara, Laghu, Ruksha
Rasa	Katu ,Kashaya , Madhura rasa
Vipaka	Sheeta veerya
Virya	Katu
Prabhava	Vrushya
Doshagnata Karma	Tri dosha hara
Agrya Karma	Vrana ropana

 

·        Prayoga :- Vrana , shitilata , jeernajwara ,atisara

·        Anga :- Twak

·        Chemical Constituents :- Flavonoids , Saponins ,Triterpinoids , Steroids , Phenolic compounds , Tannins

·        Amayika Prayoga :-

1.     Bahya:  Mamsarohini kwatha for washing the vrana

2.     Abhyantara :-

·        Mamsarohini churna given in case of sithilatha in body and extremities in case of  jeernajwara

·        Mamsarohini kwatha given in malaria

·        Mamsarohini cures advanced stage of atisara

·        Mamsarohini rasayana  is sarvarogahara 

   Matra :-

 

Vishista Yoga :- 

Mamsarohini arka

Mamsarohini kwatha

Mamsarohini churna

Mamsarohini rasayana          Research :- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373775144_A_critical_review_on_Mamsarohini https://www.wjpps.com/wjpps_controller/abstract_id/1761 :- The present study was performed to evaluate anti-histaminic activity of root bark Soymida febrifuga in guinea pig. To assess the antihistaminic activity of the test drug, the experiment was carried out on isolated guinea pig ileum and prepared according to the method described by Ghoshi. Significant results are found in this study