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Vat ke Copal वट के कोपल
Calamus rotang
अन्य नाम: Vat ke Copal
प्रयोज्य अंग: काष्ठ
| 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: Calamus rotang
- प्रयोज्य अंग: काष्ठ
- दोष-कर्म: कफ और वात का शमन
- सामान्य मात्रा: As part of the compound formulation in which it appears; independent dosing is not well established.
Vat ke Copal के अन्य भाषाओं में नाम
परिचय
Vat Ke Copal is given in the manufacturing sheet as Calamus rotang — the rattan palm, a spiny climbing palm of Indian and South-East Asian forest better known as the source of cane furniture.
Its use in Ayurveda is limited. The tender shoot and wood are described as cooling and astringent, used in fever, bleeding and skin complaints. The name in the sheet suggests a tender shoot or bud.
वर्गीकरण
Family Arecaceae. The wood and tender shoot are the parts indicated. Rasa: Kashaya, Tikta. Guna: Laghu, Ruksha. Virya: Sheeta. Vipaka: Katu. Doshaghnata: pacifies Pitta and Kapha.
उपयोग एवं लाभ
Used in fevers with burning, in bleeding disorders and in chronic skin complaints, and applied externally to inflamed skin. In this catalogue it appears in Nasht Pushpantak Ras.
Vetra as a cooling astringent
Its astringent, cooling character places it with the drugs used in Pitta conditions with heat and bleeding.
A minor classical drug
Rattan has a small place in the classical materia medica compared with its economic importance as cane, and its therapeutic record is correspondingly thin.
मात्रा — कितना लें
As part of the compound formulation in which it appears; independent dosing is not well established.
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।
Vat ke Copal का वर्णन किन शास्त्रीय ग्रन्थों में मिलता है?
इस संग्रह में Vat ke Copal के लिए निम्न ग्रन्थों के सन्दर्भ अंकित हैं: भावप्रकाश निघण्टु (Vatadi Varga — Vetra).
भावप्रकाश निघण्टु में Vat ke Copal के विषय में क्या कहा गया है?
Kashaya rasa, sheeta virya; a minor entry among the astringent drugs. सन्दर्भ: भावप्रकाश निघण्टु — Vatadi Varga — Vetra.
आयुर्वेद में Vat ke Copal किन स्थितियों में प्रयुक्त होता है?
Used in fevers with burning, in bleeding disorders and in chronic skin complaints, and applied externally to inflamed skin. In this catalogue it appears in Nasht Pushpantak Ras.
Vat ke Copal 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.
Vat ke Copal को यह दोष-कर्म क्यों दिया गया है?
द्रव्यगुण में दोष-कर्म रस, गुण, वीर्य एवं विपाक से निकलता है। Vat ke Copal का वीर्य उष्ण (Hot) है और विपाक कटु (Pungent) — इसी से इसका कर्म बनता है: कफ और वात का शमन.
Vat ke Copal का कौन-सा अंग औषधि रूप में प्रयुक्त होता है?
प्रयोज्य अंग: काष्ठ.
Vat ke Copal की शास्त्रोक्त मात्रा कितनी है?
As part of the compound formulation in which it appears; independent dosing is not well established. मात्रा आयु, प्रकृति एवं अवस्था के अनुसार बदलती है — योग्य वैद्य से पुष्टि अवश्य करें।
Vat ke Copal का प्रयोग कब वर्जित है?
Little used as a single drug and with a limited safety record, so it is best taken only within a finished formulation from a licensed manufacturer. The plant is fiercely spiny — fresh material is handled with care. Consult a physician in pregnancy.
Vat ke Copal कहाँ पाया जाता है?
A climbing palm of moist forest in the Western Ghats, eastern India and South-East Asia, harvested chiefly for cane.
शास्त्रीय सन्दर्भ
- Bhavaprakasha Nighantu — Vatadi Varga — Vetra
Kashaya rasa, sheeta virya; a minor entry among the astringent drugs. - Regional practice — Limited classical record
Rattan has a small therapeutic literature relative to its economic use; claims here are kept correspondingly modest.
सुरक्षा एवं सावधानियाँ
Little used as a single drug and with a limited safety record, so it is best taken only within a finished formulation from a licensed manufacturer. The plant is fiercely spiny — fresh material is handled with care. Consult a physician in pregnancy.
प्राप्ति स्थान
A climbing palm of moist forest in the Western Ghats, eastern India and South-East Asia, harvested chiefly for cane.
अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न
Is this the cane used for furniture?
The same genus. Calamus rotang is a rattan palm, harvested mainly for cane; its medicinal use is minor and local.
Why is the entry brief?
Because the classical literature on it is brief. We would rather keep the page modest than pad it with claims the texts do not support.
