Bharangyadi Kashayam is an Ayurvedic medicine for improving respiratory health and immunity. It also helps to treat chronic and intermittent fevers.
What is Bharngyadi Kashayam used for?
1. It is very effective in asthma. It works as a good expectorant, removes the malaroopakapha and clears airways.
2.It is very effective in allergic respiratory diseases like bronchitis.
3.By boosting immunity, the severity and frequency of respiratory infections are reduced.
4.As the kaphadosha is cleared, Agni starts functioning proper. By improving digestion, this kashayam improves taste and appetite; the bioavailability of nutrients in the food is also enhanced. Hence general health improved.
The above listed are some of the main Bharngyadi kashayam benefits.
Indications:
- Sannipata jwara – highly virulent fevers like typhoid, malaria, dengue etc
- Hrdsoola – pain in the chest
- Parswasoola – pain in the flanks
- Aanaham – distension of abdomen
- Kaasa -Cough
- Swaasa – breathing disorders including asthma
- Agnimandya – loss of appetite, indigestion
- Thandra – fatigue and laziness
Bharngyadi kashayam Ingredients
Bharngi
ENGLISH NAME: Blue-flowered Glory Tree
LATIN NAME: Clerodendrum serratum (L.) MOON
OTHER VARIETIES:
Clerodendrum indicum (L.) KUNTZE
Clerodendrum siphonanthus R.BR.
Gardenia turgida ROXB.
Premna herbacea ROXB.
RASA: KATU TIKTA KASHAYA
GUNA: LAGHU RUKSHA
VIRYA: USHNA
VIPAKA: KATU
General medicinal uses:
The plant is considered to have antitoxic and antiseptic properties. Juice of leaves is used with ghee as an application in skin conditions like herpetic eruptions and pemphigus. It is given in fever and is useful in sinusitis. The drug is also useful as an expectorant in respiratory diseases like asthma and cough.
Pushkaramoola
ENGLISH NAME: Indian elecampane
LATIN NAME: Inula racemosa HOOK. F.
SYNONYMS: Inula royleana DC.
OTHER VARIETIES
Iris florentina KUNZE
Costus speciosus (KOEN. EX RETZ.) SM.
RASA: TIKTA KATU
GUNA: LAGHU RUKSHA TIKSHNA
VIRYA: USHNA
VIPAKA: KATU
General medicinal uses:
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.
Rasna
ENGLISH NAME: siamese ginger
LATIN NAME: Alpinia galanga (L.) WILLD
OTHER VARIETIES:
pluchea lanceolata OLIVER&HIERN
Acampe papillosa (LINDL.) LINDL.
Alpinia calcarata ROSCOE
Alpinia chinensis ROSCOE
Aristolochia indica L.
Blepharispermum subsessile DC.
Dodonaea viscosa (L.) JACQ.
Inula helenium L.
Inula racemose HOOK. F.
Ophiorrhiza mungos L.
Saccolabium papillosum LINDL.
Vanda roxburghii R.BR.
Vanda tessellate (ROXB.) DON
Viscum album L.
Withania coagulens DUNAL
RASA: TIKTA KATU
GUNA: GURU
VEERYA: USHNA
VIPAKA: KATU
General medicinal uses:
It is known to have anti-inflammatory and analgesic actions. It is one of the main ingredients of various formulations alleviating pain.
Vilwa
ENGLISH NAME: Bael/Bengal quince
LATIN NAME: Aegle marmelos
RASA: KASHAYA, TIKTA
GUNA: LAGHU RUKSHA
VEERYA: USHNA
VIPAKA: KATU
General medicinal uses:
It has anti-inflammatory properties and it is effective in peptic ulcer. It is anti-diarrhoeal, anti-diabetic and anti-microbial. It is a part of the main drug group in Ayurveda called Dasamoola (group of roots of Ten plants) which is famous for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
Yavaanika
ENGLISH NAME: Ajowan
LATIN NAME: Trachyspermum ammi (L.) SPRAGUE
SYNONYMS
Carum copticum BENTH.
Ptychotis ajowan DC.
Sison ammi HERB. MADR. EX WALL.
RASA: KATU
GUNA: LAGHU RUKSHA TIKSHNA
VIRYA: USHNA
VIPAKA: KATU
General medicinal uses:
The seeds of Yavani is 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.
Naagara
ENGLISH NAME: Dried ginger
LATIN NAME: Zingiber officinalis
RASA: KATU
GUNA: LAGHU RUKSHA TIKSHNA
VIRYA: USHNA
VIPAKA: MADHURA
General medicinal uses:
It is unctuous and hot in potency with a pungent taste but becomes sweet after digestion. It is an aphrodisiac and balances Vata and Kapha.
It improves the ability to taste and promotes digestion. Relieves cough cold and other respiratory problems. It is not a laxative, rather causes constipation.
DASAMOOLA
It is a group of roots of ten herbs used as a combination in many formulations in Ayurveda.
The ten plants included in Dasamoola are,
1. Indian bael Bilwa Aegle marmelos
2. Headache tree Agnimantha Premna integrifolia
3. Indian trumpet flower Syonaka Oroxylum indicum
4. Yellow snaketree Patala Stereospermum suaveolens
5. Beechwood Gambhari Gmelina arborea
6. Indian night shade Brhati Solanum indicum
7. Yellow-berried nightshade Kantakari Solanum xanthocarpum
8. Sal leaved desmodium Shaliparni Desmodium gangeticum
9. Dabra Prishniparni Uraria picta
10. Puncture vine Gokshura Tribulus terrestris
Used together as a combination in Ayurvedic formulations, Dasamoola has Anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. It works as a strong anti-rheumatic agent. It is useful in reducing oedema. Being mainly Vaatahara it gives strength to the body. It is useful in all diseases related to nerves and muscles.
Pippali
ENGLISH NAME: long pepper
LATIN NAME: Piper longum L.
SYNONYMS
Chavica roxburghii MIQ.
RASA: MADHURA, KATU, TIKTA
GUNA: LAGHU, TIKSHNA
VEERYA: ANUSHNASEETA
VIPAKA: ADHURA
General medicinal uses:
It has carminative action and maybe used as appetizer. The fruit and root of Pippali are used in the form of powder to treat fever, diarrhoea, piles, cough, hiccough, asthma, hoarseness of voice, flatulence, colic, vomiting, acid gastritis, oedema, diseases of mouth, eye diseases, diseases of semen, diseases of women, jaundice, and earache
Cough: Pippali mixed with honey alleviates cough, dyspnoea, fever splenomegaly and hiccough. It is particularly recommended for children.
Details of the manufacturing
As already discussed, this kashayam is prepared using eight herbs as its ingredients with a distinct ratio. (Dasamoolam, the group of ten roots becomes one ingredient, means each plant in it is taken one by eighth 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. For your special attention, Naagara should be crushed and tied up separately in a white clean cotton cloth as a Potali. This is to prevent the excess dissolution of the contents and to maintain the exact consistency of the kashayam. 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 ladle without breaking the potli. 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.
Bharngyadi kashayam is kapha Vaata hara.
It acts on aabhyantara rogamarga
Bharngyadi kashayam Dosage
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 the disease and the patient gives the best results mostly.
Exercises and Yoga.
As bharngyadi kashayam/bharangiyathyQwath targets mainly the respiratory system and immunity, only mild exercises are advised. Also, specific yogacharya including naadeesuddhi pranayama, bhujangaasana, is recommended.
Regular exercise helps improve the bioavailability of the medicine and food ingested and leads to positive health.
Yoga can maintain harmony within the body and with the surrounding system.
Nadisudhi pranayama
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
- Drinking ice-cold water – loss of appetite and increased kapha leads to respiratory problems.
- Heavy meals and difficult-to-digest foods – cause indigestion.
- junk foods- cause disturbance in digestion and reduce the bioavailability of the medicine.
- carbonated drinks – make the stomach more acidic and disturb digestion
- refrigerated and frozen foods – cause weak and sluggish digestion by weakening Agni (digestive fire).
- Milk and milk products – increase kapha and cause respiratory problems
- curd – causes vidaaha and thereby many other diseases.
To be added
- Light meals and easily digestible foods
- Green gram, soups, honey.
- freshly cooked and warm food processed with cumin seeds, ginger, black pepper, ajwain, etc.
Behaviour:
- Protect yourself from cold climate.
- Better to avoid exposure to excessive sunlight, wind, rain, or dust.
- Maintain a regular food and sleep schedule.
- Avoid holding or forcing the urges like urine, faeces, coughing, sneeze etc.
Bharngyadi kashayam Side effects
- No known side effects were reported.
