HERBAL GARDEN
भल्लातक
Classification
चरक- दीपनीय, भेदनीय, कुष्ठघ्न, मूत्रसंग्रहणीय
सुश्रुत- न्यग्रोधादि, मुस्तादि
भावप्रकाश-
Synoyms
भल्लातकः/भल्ली- भल्ल इवातति तैक्ष्ण्यात् अत सातत्यगमने ।
It scrapes the malasanchaya like a lancet.
अरुष्कर, अरुष्क- produces wounds, merely by skin contact
शोफकृत्- causes inflammation on skin contact
अग्निमुख, अग्निमुखी- as hot as fire
Habit
Trees, to 12-18 m high
Habitat
Globally it is distributed in the Paleotropics, from Tropical Asia to Australia. Within India it is distributed in the Sub- Himalayan tracts, Central, Peninsular and Eastern regions of the country.
Morphology
- Bark- bark 5-6 mm thick, grey to greyish-brown with tessellate scales, furrows
longitudinal and horizontal; blaze dull red;
- Leaves simple, alternate, crowded at end of branchlets; petiole 20-45 mm long.
- Flowers greenish-yellow, 6-8 mm across, in terminal pubescent panicles.
- Fruit a drupe, 2-5 cm long, fleshy, purplish-black, seated on an orange hypocarp as long as the drupe, pericarp rich in corrosive resinous juice;
- Seed pendulous.
Chemical Composition
Oil & seeds of the plant consist of Bhilawanol and anacardoside; semecarpus flavanone, anacardiac acid.
Guna-Karma
Rasa- कषाय, कटु तिक्त
Guna- लघु स्निग्ध, तीक्ष्ण
Virya- मधुर
Vipaka- कटु
Karma- ग्राही
Doshakarma- कफ वात शामक
Medicinal uses
Kushtha
Arsha
Grahani
Gulma
Agnimandya
Krimi
Useful Part
Fruit
Doses
Ksheerpak-30 ml
Oil 10-20 drops
चूर्ण (0.5-1 gm)
Important Formulation
भल्लातक रसायन
भल्लातक तैल
अमृत रसायन
संजीवनी वटी
भल्लातक गुड
Shloka
भल्लातकं कटुं तिक्तं दीपनीयं कषायकम्।
वातकफहरं हृष्टं शोथकुष्ठकृमिप्रणुत्।।
मेहहृद्व्रणनाशं च बल्यं लघु च दीपनम्।
अर्शः शूलहरं तत्तु भल्लातकं अग्निदीपनम्।।
Hindi Name
Bhilawa (भिलावा)
English Name
Marking nut tree
Botanical Name
Semecarpus anacardium Linn. f.
Family
Anacardiaceae