Kasa
Home
Kasa
Kasa
BOTANICAL NAME
Saccharum spontaneum
FAMILY
Poaceae
HINDI
Kasa
SANSKRIT NAME
-
ENGLISH
Thatch grass
KANNADA
-
TAMIL
-
MALAYALAM
-
MARATHI
-
TELUGU
Rellu gaddi
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
- Kusadyavaleha
- Kusadya ghrta