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Padhmakh (Padmaka) पद्माख
Prunus cerasoides
अन्य नाम: Padhmakh (Padmaka), Padam Kasht, Prunus puddum
प्रयोज्य अंग: सारकाष्ठ, काण्ड
| रस | तिक्त (Bitter), कषाय (Astringent) |
|---|---|
| गुण | लघु (Light), रूक्ष (Dry) |
| वीर्य | उष्ण (Hot) |
| विपाक | कटु (Pungent) |
| दोष-कर्म | कफ और वात का शमन |
| प्रभाव | Classical systemic action |
सार-संक्षेप
- वानस्पतिक नाम: Prunus cerasoides
- प्रयोज्य अंग: सारकाष्ठ, काण्ड
- दोष-कर्म: कफ और वात का शमन
- सामान्य मात्रा: Heartwood powder 3–6 g per day; as decoction 50–100 ml twice daily.
Padhmakh (Padmaka) के अन्य भाषाओं में नाम
परिचय
Padhmakh, classically Padmaka (Prunus cerasoides), is the Himalayan wild cherry. Its fragrant heartwood, not its fruit, is the drug — cut, it smells faintly of almonds.
Ayurveda uses Padmaka as a cooling, complexion-improving wood. It appears in the Varnya group for the skin, in preparations for burning and thirst, and in the classical formulations given for bleeding and for disorders of pregnancy.
वर्गीकरण
Family Rosaceae. Heartwood and stem bark are officinal. Rasa: Tikta and Kashaya. Guna: Laghu, Snigdha. Virya: Sheeta. Vipaka: Katu. Doshaghnata: pacifies Pitta and Kapha.
उपयोग एवं लाभ
Used where heat has to be drawn out of the blood: burning sensations, thirst, vomiting and hot skin eruptions. As a Varnya drug it is a component of complexion oils and pastes, and it appears in Ushirasava and Chandanasava, the classical cooling liquids of this catalogue.
Padmaka as a Varnya drug
Charaka lists Padmaka among the drugs that improve complexion. It is used in facial pastes and medicated oils where the aim is to settle heat in the skin rather than to nourish it.
Padmaka for burning and thirst
Its cool, astringent wood is used in Daha and Trishna — burning and unquenchable thirst — usually as one wood among several in a cooling decoction.
मात्रा — कितना लें
Heartwood powder 3–6 g per day; as decoction 50–100 ml twice daily. Most often used as part of a cooling compound.
मात्रा आयु, प्रकृति और अवस्था के अनुसार बदलती है — योग्य वैद्य से परामर्श अवश्य लें।
पारम्परिक प्रयोग — शास्त्रों के आधार पर प्रश्नोत्तर
उत्तर इस द्रव्य के लिए अंकित सन्दर्भों तथा गुण-कर्म से लिए गए हैं। कोई ऐसा अध्याय-श्लोक सन्दर्भ नहीं दिया गया जो अभिलेख में न हो।
Padhmakh (Padmaka) का वर्णन किन शास्त्रीय ग्रन्थों में मिलता है?
इस संग्रह में Padhmakh (Padmaka) के लिए निम्न ग्रन्थों के सन्दर्भ अंकित हैं: चरक संहिता (Sutrasthana 4 — Varnya group); भावप्रकाश निघण्टु (Karpuradi Varga — Padmaka).
चरक संहिता में Padhmakh (Padmaka) के विषय में क्या कहा गया है?
Listed among drugs that improve complexion. सन्दर्भ: चरक संहिता — Sutrasthana 4 — Varnya group.
भावप्रकाश निघण्टु में Padhmakh (Padmaka) के विषय में क्या कहा गया है?
Tikta-kashaya rasa, sheeta virya; daha and trishna. सन्दर्भ: भावप्रकाश निघण्टु — Karpuradi Varga — Padmaka.
आयुर्वेद में Padhmakh (Padmaka) किन स्थितियों में प्रयुक्त होता है?
Used where heat has to be drawn out of the blood: burning sensations, thirst, vomiting and hot skin eruptions. As a Varnya drug it is a component of complexion oils and pastes, and it appears in Ushirasava and Chandanasava, the classical cooling liquids of this catalogue.
Padhmakh (Padmaka) के आयुर्वेदीय गुण-कर्म क्या हैं?
रस तिक्त (Bitter), कषाय (Astringent), गुण लघु (Light), रूक्ष (Dry), वीर्य उष्ण (Hot), विपाक कटु (Pungent). दोष-कर्म: कफ और वात का शमन. प्रभाव: Classical systemic action.
Padhmakh (Padmaka) को यह दोष-कर्म क्यों दिया गया है?
द्रव्यगुण में दोष-कर्म रस, गुण, वीर्य एवं विपाक से निकलता है। Padhmakh (Padmaka) का वीर्य उष्ण (Hot) है और विपाक कटु (Pungent) — इसी से इसका कर्म बनता है: कफ और वात का शमन.
Padhmakh (Padmaka) का कौन-सा अंग औषधि रूप में प्रयुक्त होता है?
प्रयोज्य अंग: सारकाष्ठ, काण्ड.
Padhmakh (Padmaka) की शास्त्रोक्त मात्रा कितनी है?
Heartwood powder 3–6 g per day; as decoction 50–100 ml twice daily. Most often used as part of a cooling compound. मात्रा आयु, प्रकृति एवं अवस्था के अनुसार बदलती है — योग्य वैद्य से पुष्टि अवश्य करें।
Padhmakh (Padmaka) का प्रयोग कब वर्जित है?
Well tolerated. Being cooling it is less suitable in cold, Kapha-dominant conditions and in the winter months without a warming adjuvant. Consult a physician in pregnancy — the wood appears in classical obstetric formulae but at defined doses.
Padhmakh (Padmaka) कहाँ पाया जाता है?
A tree of the temperate Himalaya from Kashmir to Bhutan between roughly 1,200 and 2,400 m, flowering in autumn. Heartwood is the traded part.
शास्त्रीय सन्दर्भ
- Charaka Samhita — Sutrasthana 4 — Varnya group
Listed among drugs that improve complexion. - Bhavaprakasha Nighantu — Karpuradi Varga — Padmaka
Tikta-kashaya rasa, sheeta virya; daha and trishna.
सुरक्षा एवं सावधानियाँ
Well tolerated. Being cooling it is less suitable in cold, Kapha-dominant conditions and in the winter months without a warming adjuvant. Consult a physician in pregnancy — the wood appears in classical obstetric formulae but at defined doses.
प्राप्ति स्थान
A tree of the temperate Himalaya from Kashmir to Bhutan between roughly 1,200 and 2,400 m, flowering in autumn. Heartwood is the traded part.
अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न
Is the cherry fruit used?
No. The medicinal part is the fragrant heartwood; the fruit of the Himalayan wild cherry is not the drug.
Why does Padmaka appear in cooling asavas?
Because its sheeta virya settles Pitta in the blood. That is why it is found in Ushirasava and Chandanasava alongside sandalwood and khus.
