Elakanadi kashayam is an Ayurvedic medicine for tuberculosis, improving respiratory health and immunity.
Benefits of Elakanadi kashayam
Elakanadi kashayam is very effective in asthma. It works as a good expectorant, removes the obstruction and clears airways, without causing emaciation or lethargy.
It is very effective in allergic respiratory diseases like bronchitis.
It is beneficial in pulmonary tuberculosis.
As the kaphadosha is cleared, Agni starts functioning proper. By improving digestion, this kashayam improves taste and appetite; bio availability of nutrients in the food also enhanced. Hence general health improved.
By boosting the immunity, the severity and frequency of respiratory infections reduce.
Indications of Elakanadi kashayam
Raajayakshma – Pulmonary tuberculosis
Ingredients of Elakanadi kashayam
| Cardamom | Ela | Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton |
It can help in controlling asthma. It is beneficial in teeth and gum infections, cataracts, nausea, diarrhoea, as well as cardiac, digestive and kidney disorders.
| Long pepper | Kana /Pippali | Piper longum |
It has carminative action and maybe used as appetizer. The fruit and root of Pippali are used in the form of powder to treat fever, diarrhoea, piles, cough, hiccough, asthma, hoarseness of voice, flatulence, colic, vomiting, acid gastritis, oedema, diseases of mouth, eye diseases, diseases of semen, diseases of women, jaundice, and earache.
Pippali mixed with honey alleviates cough, dyspnoea, fever splenomegaly, and hiccough.
| Liquorice | Madhuka | Glycyrrhiza glabra L. |
It has anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant, anti-malarial, anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-hyperglycaemic and hepato-protective properties.
| Dried ginger | Naagara
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Zingiber officinalis |
It is unctuous and hot in potency with pungent taste but becomes sweet after digestion. It is an aphrodisiac and balances Vata and Kapha.
It improves ability to taste and promotes digestion. Relieves cough cold and other respiratory problems. It is not a laxative, rather causes constipation.
| Coco grass, Nut grass, Purple nutsedge | Abda | Cyperus rotundus L. |
It has marked anti-inflammatory action. It also has anthelmintic, antioxidant and antifungal properties. The drug improves lactation, relieves fever, burning sensation, and excessive thirst. It is also used in treating diarrhoea, dyspepsia and skin diseases.
| Adathoda, Malabar nut | Vaasa/Vrisha | Justicia adathoda L.
|
It is an expectorant and is mostly used in respiratory conditions. It helps in treatment of skin diseases. It is also used in jaundice, fevers, headache and urinary infections.
| Margosa, Neem | Nimba | Azadirachta indica A. JUSS.
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The important health benefits of this drug include its ability to treat dandruff, soothe irritation, protect the skin, boost the immune system, and reduce inflammation. It also speeds up wound healing, treats gastric conditions, slows the aging process, improves hair and scalp health, maintains sexual organ health, has anti-cancer potential, and helps treat diabetes.
| Heart leaved moonseed | Amruta
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Tinospora cordifolia (WILLD.) HOOK.F. & THOMS |
It is effective anti-ulcer drug in action. It is a well-known anti-oxidant and has significant anti-inflammatory property.
| Fragrant swamp mallow | Hreebera/ Ambu
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Pavonia odorata |
It is used as a coolant, diaphoretic, diuretic, and demulcent.
DASAMOOLAM
It is a group of roots of ten herbs used as a combination in many formulations in Ayurveda. Dasamoola is the Sanskrit name for a group of medicinal plants, classified as proving beneficial in cases of Asthma and difficult respiration. It was originally composed by Acharya Sushrutha. The name is derived from the words dasa (ten) and moola, translating to “root”. It includes the plants from the Laghupanchamoola and Bṛhatpanchamoola groups of medicinal plants. As discussed, it is a group of roots of ten herbs used as a combination in many formulations in Ayurveda.
Used together as a combination in Ayurvedic formulations, Dasamoola has Anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. It works as a strong anti-rheumatic agent. It is useful in reducing edema. Being mainly Vaatahara it gives strength to the body. It is useful in all diseases related to nerves and muscles.
The ten plants included in Dasamoola are,
| 1. Indian bael | Bilwa | Aegle marmelos |
It has anti-inflammatory properties and it is effective in peptic ulcer. It is anti-diarrhoeal, anti-diabetic and anti-microbial. Being a part of Dasamoola (group of roots of Ten plants) it helps to enhance its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
| 2. Headache tree | Agnimantha | Premna integrifolia Linn. |
It has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antinociceptive, anti-arthritic, anti-bacterial, anti-cancerous, anti-microbial, anthelmintic, immuno-modulatory, hypoglycaemic, neuro-protective and anti-ulcer properties. It is CNS depressant, Cardiac stimulant, and cardio-protective.
| 3. Indian trumpet flower | Syonaka | Oroxylum indicum |
It has anti-microbial, anti-diabetic, hepato-protective, anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, immune-modulatotory , nephro-protective, and cardio-protective properties.
| 4. Yellow snake tree | Paatala | Stereospermum suaveolens |
It is useful in the treatment of diabetes, pain, fever, inflammations and asthma.
| 5. Beechwood | Gambhari | Gmelina arborea |
It has anti-pyretic, analgesic, anti-oxidant, anti-diabetic, anthelmintic, anti-microbial, cardio-protective, anti-ulcer, gastro-protective, anti-cancerous, anti-hyperlipidemic and immunomodulatory activity. It is the one of the main ingredients in Dasamoola for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic property.
| 6. Dabra | Prisniparni | Uraria picta |
It has anti-inflammatory, expectorant and diuretic properties. It is used as a tonic to nerves and heart. It is useful in bone fracture healing.
| 7. Sal leaved desmodium | Saliparni | Desmodium gangeticum |
It is famous for its cardioprotective properties. It helps to strengthen the heart muscles. It has analgesic, aphrodisiac, diuretic, febrifuge, anti-inflammatory and haemorrhagic properties. It is used to treat fever, vomiting and diarrhoea, cough and asthma.
| 8. Indian nightshade | Brihati | Solanum indicum |
It has anti-oxidants. It also has anti-cancerous, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, immune-modulatory, neuroprotective, diaphoretic, expectorant and stimulant properties.
| 9. Yellow-berried nightshade | Kantakari | Solanum xanthocarpum |
It has anti-oxidant and anti-cancer activities. It possesses anti-asthmatic, hypoglycaemic, hepatoprotective, anti-bacterial and insect repellent properties.
| 10. Puncture vine | Gokshura | Tribulus terrestris |
It is useful in diseases such as hormonal imbalance, sexual problems, heart problems, kidney problems and various skin diseases. It helps in reducing blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
AS ANUPANA/PRAKSHEPADRAVYA-TO BE TAKEN MIXED WITH THE KASHAYA
- Laaja or fried and puffed rice grain,
- Laaksha(powdered resin of Laccifer lacca
- Sita(sugar)
- Madhuka (powder of Glycyrrhiza glabra L.)
- Jeeraka (powder of Cuminum cyminum)
- Madhu(honey)
Details of the manufacturing
As already discussed, Elakanadi kashayam is prepared using 19 herbs as its ingredients in equal quantity.
All these ingredients should be washed well and dried up in shade.
Take the prescribed herbs in dried & crushed form in an earthen pot. For your special attention, Naagara should be crushed and tied up separately in a white clean cotton cloth as a Potali. This is to prevent the excess dissolution of the contents and to maintain the exact consistency of the kashayam. Now add 16 times clean water into it. Make it boil and then cook in the open vessel with low fire. Reduce the quantity into one by eighth of the initial quantity. Make sure to mix it in between with a ladle without breaking the potli. Also, the fire should be kept low to make sure that all the active ingredients in the herbs needed are absorbed well into the water. Once the quantity is reduced to one by eighth of the initial amount of water, remove the vessel from the fire. Squeeze and drain through a clean white cloth. Collect the decoction in a clean vessel and discard the solid waste. Drink the mild warm decoction.
If it is taken with honey, the kashaya should be completely cooled.
Dosha Dooshya Predominance with roga margas.
Elakanadi kashayam is kapha Vaata hara.
It acts on abhyantara rogamarga
Dosage and Usage of Elakanadi kashayam
Dosage: two Pala.
Usage:
Kashayam is advised to take in empty stomach, once the ingested food is digested well and aahaararasa is formed well.
Usage of kashayam with prescribed prakshepadravyas according to the condition of disease and the patient gives the best results mostly.
Here, the prakshepadravyas are
Laaja or fried and puffed rice grain,
Laaksha(powdered resin of Laccifer lacca
Sita(sugar)
Madhuka (powder of Glycyrrhiza glabra L.)
Jeeraka (powder of Cuminum cyminum)
Madhu(honey)
Exercises and Yoga.
As Elakanadi kashayam targets mainly respiratory system and immunity, only mild exercises are advised. Also, specific yogacharya including naadeesuddhi pranayama, bhujangaasana, is recommended.
Regular exercise helps improve bioavailability of the medicine and food ingested and leads to positive health.
Yoga can maintain harmony within the body and with the surrounding system.
Nadisudhi pranayama
Bhujangasana
Simple exercises for lungs and heart health
All the exercises and physical exertions must be decided and done under the supervision of a medical expert only.
Recommended diet and behaviour
Diet:
- To be avoided
Drinking ice-cold water – loss of appetite and increased kapha leads to respiratory problems.
Heavy meals and difficult to digest foods – cause indigestion.
junk foods- cause disturbance in digestion and reduces the bioavailability of the medicine
carbonated drinks – makes the stomach more acidic and disturbed digestion
refrigerated and frozen foods – causes weak and sluggish digestion by weakening Agni (digestive fire)
Milk and milk products – increase kapha and cause respiratory problems
curd – causes vidaaha and thereby many other diseases
- To be added
Light meals and easily digestible foods
Green gram, soups.
freshly cooked and warm food processed with cumin seeds, ginger, black pepper, ajwain etc
Behaviour:
Protect yourself from cold climate.
Better to avoid exposure to excessive sunlight, wind, rain or dust.
Maintain a regular food and sleep schedule.
Avoid holding or forcing the urges like urine, faeces, cough, sneeze etc.
Side effects and contraindications
No known side effects reported.
Classical references with image of the text.
SAHASRAYOGAM RAJAYAKSHMA SHLOKA 1
Equivalent medicines.
Balajeerakadi kashayam
Brands Available
AVS Kottakal
SNA OUSHADHASALA
AVP Coimbatore
Research papers
Ela
Jeeraka
Study o effect on lipid profile. Leads to the efficacy to liquify the block in channels and clearing airways.
Vrisha
Presesnce of vasicine and oxyvasicine beneficial in respiratory diseases.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306020300_Therapeutic_use_of_Adhatoda_vasica
Pippali
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30096263/
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