Common name: Vidanga, Baoberang, Embelia •
Gujarati: 'વાવડીંગ Vavding • Hindi: विडंग Vidanga •Kannada: amogha,
hulimeese, vaayu vilanga • Malayalam: Vizhal, Vizhalari, Vayuvilangam •
Marathi: ambti, baavdinga, karkannie, karkunnie • Sanskrit: amodha, amogha,
vidanga • Tamil: vitankam, vivilangam, vollai • Telugu: vellal, vidangamu,
vilangamu, vyivilangamu • Urdu: baobadang, baobarang, bab-o rang
Botanical name:
Embelia ribes
Family: Primulaceae (Primrose family)
Synonyms: Embelia paniculata, Antidesma ribes
Introduction: Vidanga is a climber with
branchlets slender, white, without warts. Leaves are up to 7 x 3 cm, elliptic,
pointed at both ends; nerves many, parallel, faint; leaf-stalk 1 cm long.
Flowers are borne in panicles 15 x 15 cm, hairless, branches long, slender
racemose; flower-stalks 1.5 cm long. Flowers are white, many; sepals small,
triangular, woolly; petals 2 mm long, ovate, pointed, densely woolly. Berry is
2.5 mm across, spherical. Vidanga is found in Indo-Malesia and South China.
Major chemical constituents– Embelin, Christembine, Homoembelin,
Vilangine, Quercitol etc.
Medicinal uses: In Ayurveda, Vidanga improves the functioning of
the digestive system and alleviates flatulence, gaseous belching and
constipation. Vidanga is especially useful in expelling the tape worm out of
the digestive system. Besides this Vidanga is also useful in Vata disorders
like facial paralysis, epilepsy and insanity.
Vidang –
Medicinal Properties
Rasa (taste) – Katu (pungent), Kashaya (Astringent)
Guna (qualities)– Laghu (lightness), Ruksa (dryness),Teekshna
(piercing, strong)
Virya– Ushna – hot potency
Vipaka– Katu – Undergoes pungent taste conversion after
digestion.
Prabhava – Special effect
– Krumighna – relieves worm infestation.
Effect on Tridosha – Because
of hot potency, it balances Kapha and Vata Doshas.
Part used–
Fruits, root
Dosage– Powder 3-5 g per day, in divided dose is the usual
prescribed dose. To relieve worm infestation it is given in a dose of 5 – 10 grams
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