Talk:Lashuna

Allium sativum L.

Lashuna

Section/Chapter	Herb database/Lashuna
Botanical name(s)	Allium sativum L.
Family	Liliaceae
Availability	Available
Contributors	--
Year of publication	2025
Publisher	Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre
DOI	Awaited

English name

Garlic

Therapeutic uses

Jirna jwara(chronic fever), Krumiroga(worms), gulma(abdominal lumps), kushtha(skin disease),Arsha(haemorrhoids),Kasa(cough),Swasa(breathlessness), pinasa(running nose), sula(pain), karnasoola(earache), vatavyadhi, hikka,medoroga, yoni vyapada(diseases of vagina),visuchika,plihavruddhi(spleenomegaly),kshaya, vishamajwara,unmada,apasmara, sopha(swelling),hrudaroga(heart disease), vrana(wound)trikashool

Other varieties

• Allium arenarium Sadler ex Rchb. 1830 not L. 1753
• Allium controversum Schrad. ex Wild.
• Allium longicuspis Regel
• Allium ophioscorodon Link
• Allium pekinense Prokh.
• Porrum ophioscorodon (Link) Rchb.
• Porrum sativum (L.) Rchb. 1830 not (L.) Mill. 1768

Synonyms in Charak Samhita

Lashuna, Rasona, Ugragandha, Arishta

Synonyms in bhavaprakash nighantu

Mahaushadha(because it use in many disease), Mlecchakanda(liked by mlecha as it is used to prepared dishes), Yavaneshta(liked by foreigners)

Types

Dhanvantari nighantu

Mentioned 2 types

1. Rasona
2. Mahakanda

Raja nighantu

Mentioned 4 types

1. Rasona
2. Sweta rasona
3. Grunjana
4. Rakta rasona

Ayurvedic pharmacological properties

Properties

Sr.no.	Pharmacological criteria	Properties
1	Taste (rasa)	Pungent (katu), Bitter (tikta), Sweet (madhura), Lavana (salt), Astringent (kashaya)
2	Potency (veerya)	Hot (ushna)
3	Post digestion effect (vipaka)	Pungent (katu)
4	Qualities (guna)	Unctuous (snigdha), Sharp (tikshna), Sliminess (picchila), Heavy (guru), Mobility (sara),
5	Actions (karma)	Pacify kapha and vata, increases pitta

Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions

Herbs and their activities

Sr.no.	Reference in Charak Samhita	Activity
1	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 2/5	Sirovirechana (Errhine therapy)
2	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 3/4	Siddhatamachurnapradeha(external application)
3	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 27/176	Harita Varga(class of green herbs)
4	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 26/84	Viruddha ahara(incompatible substances)
5	Cha.Sa.Nidana Sthana 2/4	Nidana of Raktapitta(cause of bleeding disorder)
6	Cha.Sa.Vimana Sthana 6/17	Abhyantar Krimi Chikitsa(treatment of worm)
7	Cha.Sa.Sharira Sthana 8/34	Garbhasya pratimasik karma
8	Cha.Sa.Sharira Sthana 8/47	Jatamatra balak paricharya
9	Cha.Sa.Sharira Sthana 8/56	Kshira vishodhan dravya(treatment of vitiated breast milk)
10	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 5/94	Ingredient of Lasuna Kshirpaka
11	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 5/177	Vilayan of Rakta Gulma
12	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 7/111	Ingredient in Kanakakshiri Taila
13	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 9/49	Ingredient in Lasunadya Ghrita
14	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 9/52	Ingredient in Apara lasunadya Ghrita
15	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 9/53	Ingredient in Apara lasunadya Ghrita
16	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 9/64	Used as Nashya and Anjan prayogarth
17	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 10/35	Ingredient in Palankashadi taila
18	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 10/64	Ingredient in Atattvabhinivesh nashak yoga
19	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 14/9	As nidan of arsha roga(cause of hemorrhoids)
20	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 23/70	As an ingredient of Gandha hasti agada
21	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 26/150	Used in Kaphaja Pratishyaya(running nose)
22	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 28/177	As an ingredient of Mulaka taila

Dose

• 3gm of the drug

Important formulatios

As per A.P.I.

• Lasunadi vati
• Lasunadi ghruta
• Vacha lasunadi taila

Current availability

Available India - All over india

Current researches

https://cb.imsc.res.in/imppat/phytochemical/Allium%20sativum

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