AGNIMANTHA

Premna integrifolia
VERBINACEAE

VERNACULAR NAMES
HINDI:-

ARANI
ENGLISH:- FORTUNE TREE
KANNADA:- TAGGI
MALAYALAM:-TIRUTALI

GANAS

CHARAKA:- SHOTHAHARA,
SHEETAPRASAMANA, ANUVASANOPAGA

SUSRUTA:-VEERATARVADI, VARUNADI,
VATASAMSAMANA

VAGBHATA:- VEERATARVADI, VARUNADI

SYNONYMS

AGNIMANTHA:- AGNI MATHNATHI MANTHAH

VILODHANE II
ARANI:- GROWS IN FORESTS
KANIKA:- KAN SOUND
GANIKARIKA
JAYA
JAYANTI
TARKARI
NADEYA
VAIJAYANTI
SHREEPARNI

BHEDAS
a/c Nighantu ratnakara, 2 types
1).Laghu (Agnimantha)
2). Brihat (Tarkari)

KSHUDRA AGNIMANTHA:- Clerodendron

phlomidis

BRIHAT AGNIMANTHA:- Premna integrifolia

HABITAT

CLERODENDROM PHLOMIDIS:- FOUND IN

DRIER PARTS OF PENINSULA, BIHAR, PUNJAB
& WEST BENGAL

PREMNA INTEGRIFOLIA:-FOUND IN FOREST

OF SOUTH INDIA & WEST BENGAL

MORPHOLOGY

A LARGE SHRUB/ SMALL TREE. BRANCHES ARE

SPINOUS
LEAVES:- BROADLY OBLONG/OVATE, ENTIRE ,
DENTATE
FLOWERS:- OCCURS IN DENSE CORYMBS,
FLOWERS ARE GREENISH WHITE WITH
PLEASANT SMELL
FRUITS:- DRUPES, GLOBOSE, BLACK
COLOURED, SEEDS ARE OBLONG.

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
PREMNINE, BETULIN, PREMNEOL,
GANIARINE, GANIKARNINE,
BETA SITOSTEROL, LUTEOLIN,
APHELADRINE,

RASA PANCHAKAS
Rasa:-Tikta, Katu, Kashaya,
Madhura
Guna:- Rooksha, Laghu
Vipaka:- Katu
Veerya:- Ushna
Dosaghnata:- Kapha-Vatahara

KARMAS & INDICATIONS

KARMA:- Shothahara,
Sheetaprasamana

INDICATIONS:- vasameha,
sheetapitta, udara, kotha,
sthoulya,

USEFULL PARTS
Root,

Bark, Leaf

MATRA
Choorna:-

1 to 3gm
Kashaya:- 50 to 100ml
Patra swarasa:- 10 to 20ml

THERAPEUTIC USES

Vasameha & Pooyameha:- agnimantha mula

kashaya or shimshipa kashaya (su. Shi.)

Shotha:- agnimantha kshara with water given

internally or applied externally

Sthoulya:- agni. Swarasa with shilajatu

Sheetapitta & twak vikara:- agnimula

kalka sevana

VISISTA YOGAS

DASAMULARISTA
AGNIMANTHA KASHAYA
DASAMULA KATU TRAYA KASHAYA
DASAMULA HARITAKI LEHYA

RESEARCH PROFILE

Isolated compound from root bark was active

against gram positive organism

THE END