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Bharangi for Hiccups

Sanskrit: भारंगी | Clerodendrum serratum Spreng.

How Bharangi helps with Hiccups according to Ayurveda. Classical references, dosage, preparation methods, and what modern research says.

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Overview

Bharangi is one of the herbs traditionally used in Ayurveda for hiccups. Important drug for respiratory disorders. The root is the part used. Found throughout India. Used in many anti-asthmatic formulations.

How Bharangi Helps with Hiccups

According to Ayurvedic pharmacology, Bharangi has specific properties that make it valuable for addressing hiccups:

  • Potency (Virya): Ushna
  • Taste (Rasa): Katu, Tikta
  • Qualities (Guna): Laghu, Ruksha

Ayurvedic Properties

Taste (Rasa)
Katu, Tikta
Quality (Guna)
Laghu, Ruksha
Potency (Virya)
Ushna
Key Constituents
Saponin, essential oil
Also Known As
Sanskrit: भारंगी, ब्राह्मणयष्टिका, भृंगराज, पद्मा
Hindi: भारंगी
Classical Text References (3 sources)

74 पटोलस तला र टशा गे टाव गुजा अम ृताः वे ा ब ृहतीवासाकु तल तलप णकाः म डूकपण कक टकारवे लकपपटाः नाडीकलायगोिज वावाताकं वन त तकम ् कर रं कु कं न द कुचैला शुकलादनी क ट लं के बुकं शीतं सकोशातकककशम ् त तं पाके कटु ा ह वातलं कफ प तिजत ् Patola, saptala, arista (neem leaves), sharngeshta (angaravalli/bharangi), Avalguja (Bakuchi), amruta (Tinospora), Vetra (shoot of vetra), Brhati (Solanum indicum), vasa (Adhatoda vasica), kutill, tilaparnika (badraka), mandukaparni (Gotu kola), Karkota, karavella

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Source: Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Two prasthas of ghee should be cooked with the juice dhatri (two prasthas), juice of vidari (two prasthas), sugarcane juice (two prasthas), soup of the meat of goat (two prasthas), milk (two prasthas), and the paste (one karsha each) of jivaka, rsabhaka, vira, jivanti, nagara, shati, shalaparni, prushniparni, mashaparni, mudgaparni,meda, mahameda, kakoli, kshirakakoli, kantakari, bruhati, shveta punarnava, rakta punarnava,madhuka, atmagupta, shatavari, riddhi,parushaka, bharangi, mridvika, briha

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 11: Chest Injury and Emaciation Treatment (Kshatakshina Chikitsa / क्षतक्षीणचिकित्सा)

Intake of the powder prepared out of vidanga, nagara, rasna, pippali, hingu, saindhava lavana, bharangi and kshara along with appropriate quantity of ghrita is beneficial in vataja kasa, kaphaja kasa, shwasa, hikka and suppression of digestion power.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 18: Cough Treatment (Kasa Chikitsa / कासचिकित्सा)

In half tula of the decoction of nidigdhika(Solanum xanthocarpum), the powder or paste of one karsha of each of chitraka, pippalimula, vyosha, hingu, duralabha, shati, pushkaramoola, shreyasi, surasa, vacha, bharangi, chinnaruha, rasna, shringi, draksha should be added.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 18: Cough Treatment (Kasa Chikitsa / कासचिकित्सा)

Two palas of each among dashamoola, swayamgupta, shankahpushpi, shati, bala, hasti pippali, apamarga, pippalimoola, chitraka, bharangi, pushkaramoola should be added with one adhaka of water, these drugs should be cooked till the grains of yava becomes soft.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 18: Cough Treatment (Kasa Chikitsa / कासचिकित्सा)

Intake of the powder of saindhava, pippali, bharangi, shringavera and duralabha along with lukewarm juice of sour dadima or the decoction of nagara cures vataja kasa.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 18: Cough Treatment (Kasa Chikitsa / कासचिकित्सा)

Source: Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 11: Chest Injury and Emaciation Treatment (Kshatakshina Chikitsa / क्षतक्षीणचिकित्सा); Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 18: Cough Treatment (Kasa Chikitsa / कासचिकित्सा)

With Bharangi (Clerodendrum serratum) and Madhuka (Glycyrrhiza glabra) added, this decoction also cures Hikka (hiccups) and destroys Pitta disorders.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 1: Svarasadikalpana (Svarasa, Kalka, Kvatha, etc.)

Pippali (long pepper — Piper longum), Maricha (black pepper — Piper nigrum), Shunthi (dry ginger), Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia), Abhaya (Haritaki — Terminalia chebula), Katuka (Picrorhiza kurroa), Bharangi (Clerodendrum serratum), and Kantakari (Solanum xanthocarpum) — this decoction alleviates Jvara (fever).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 2: Kvathakalpana (Decoction Preparations)

— Indravaruni (Citrullus colocynthis), Bharangi (Clerodendrum serratum), Devadaru (Cedrus deodara), Yavanika (Trachyspermum ammi), Kustumburu (Coriandrum sativum), and Shiva (Terminalia chebula) — all in equal proportions should be powdered.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 3: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations)

— Katuka (Picrorhiza kurroa), Ativisha (Aconitum heterophyllum), Bharangi (Clerodendrum serratum), Vacha (Acorus calamus), and Murva (Marsdenia tenacissima) — each one Shana.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 4: Gutikakalpana (Tablet/Pill Preparations)

Also add: Bharangi (Clerodendrum serratum), Rasna (Pluchea lanceolata), and Shati (Hedychium spicatum).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 8: Avalehakalpana (Confection/Electuary Preparations)

Source: Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 1: Svarasadikalpana (Svarasa, Kalka, Kvatha, etc.); Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 2: Kvathakalpana (Decoction Preparations); Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 3: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations); Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 4: Gutikakalpana (Tablet/Pill Preparations); Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 8: Avalehakalpana (Confection/Electuary Preparations)

Other Herbs for Hiccups

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