| BOTANICAL NAME |
Saccharum spontaneum |
| FAMILY |
Poaceae |
| SANSKRIT |
- |
| ENGLISH |
Thatch grass |
| HINDI |
Kasa |
| KANNADA |
- |
| MALAYALAM |
- |
| TELUGU |
Rellu gaddi |
| TAMIL |
- |
| MARATHI |
- |
DISTRIBUTION
Found near the banks of canals and rivers all over India
| PARTS USED |
Root |
| DOSE |
Decoction 50-100ml |
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS
Extracts contains quinines, alkaloids, tannins, carbohydrates, protein, phenol, steroid and glycosides.
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
| QUALITY (GUNA) |
Laghu, snigdha |
| TASTE (RASA) |
Madhura,kasaya |
| METABOLISM (VIPAKA) |
Madhura |
| POTENCY (VIRYA) |
Sita |
| IMPACT (PRABHAVA) |
Vatapittahara |
PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION
- Anti-urolithiatic- helps to prevent formation of urinary stones
- Anti oxidant
- Antipsychotic activity of Kasa is helpful in treating various psychosomatic disorders.
THERAPEUTIC USES
Urinary tract infection, epilepsy.
The whole plant is used to treat Vata and pitta vikaras, vomiting, mental diseases, dyspnia, anemia and even in obese conditions.
It is also used in the cases of bleeding disorders like hemorrhoids, menorrhagia, Agalactia, and, even in pthisis condition.
SOME OF THE COMMON FORMULATIONS
- Trnapancamula kvatha
- Kusadyavaleha
- Kusadya ghrta