Jivanti for Weakness & Debility

• Kshaya (debility/wasting)
• Netra Roga (eye diseases)
• Daurbalya (weakness)
• Stanya Kshaya (diminished breast milk)

Jivanti is good for the eyes, mitigates all the dosas, is sweet in taste and cold in potency.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

jivanti is the best and sarshapa (mustard) is the worst among the leafy vegetables.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Pathya – food that can be consumed habitually (on daily basis, for a long time) – शीलये छा लगोधूमयवषि टकजा गलम ् सु नष णकजीव तीबालमूलवा तुकम ् प यामलकम ृ वीकापटोल मु गशकराः घत ृ द योदक ीर ौ दा डमसै धवम ् Shali (rice), Godhuma (wheat), Yava – Barley – Hordeum vulgare, Shashtika (rice maturing in sixty days), Jangala (meat of animals of desert like lands), sunisannaka, Jivanti – Leptadenia reticulata, Balamulaka (young radish), Pathya (Haritaki) Amalaka (Amla – Indian gooseberry), Mridwika – dr

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Food habits &

Madhura Gana – group of sweet substances: घ ृत हे म गुडा ोडमोचचोचप षकम ् अभी वीरा पनस राजादनबला यम ् मेदे चत ः प ण योजीव ती जीवक ऋषभौ मधूकं मधुकं ब बी वदार ीर शु ला त ग ु ा ीर ीरे ुगो ुर ौ ावणीयुगम ् ी र यौ का मर सहे ा ा दमधुरो गणः Ghrita (ghee, butter fat), Hema (gold), Guda (molasses), Akshoda, Mocha, Chocha, Parushaka, Abhiru, Vira, Panasa, Rajadana, the three Bala (Bala, Atibala and Nagabala), The two Medas – Meda and Mahameda, The four Parni – Shalaparni, Prishnaparni, Mudgaparni, Ma

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Rasabhediyam Tastes, Their

Similar is the case of Anuvasana – fat enema and Matra basti – fat enema with very little oil 34-36 Anu taila जीव तीजलदे वदा जलद व से यगोपी हमं दाव व मधुक लवागु वर पु ा व ब वो पलम ् धाव यौ सरु भं ि थरे कृ महरं प ं ु ट रे णक ु ां कि ज कं कमला वलां शतगुणे द ये अ भ स वाथयेत ् ३७ तैला सं दशगण ु ं प रशो य तेन तैलं पचेत ् स ललेन दशैव वारान ् पाके पे चदशमे सममाजद ु धं न यं महागुणमुश यणुतैलमेतत ् ३८ Jivanti, Jala, Devadaru, Jalada, Twak, Sevya, Gopi (sariva), Hima, Darvi twak, Madhuka, Plava, A

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Nasya Vidhi Nasal

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)

Two prasthas of ghee should be mixed with the above mentioned decoction, eight prasthas of milk, and the paste of svagupta, jivanti, meda, rishabhaka, jivaka, shatavari, riddhi, mridvika, sharkara, shravani and bias (lotus stalk), (half prastha in total) and cooked.

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

Take 5 gm each of jivanti, cumin, saṭi, pushkarmula, karvi (celery), chitraka, bilva and yavakashara, make a medicated gruel (yavāgu) and then fry it in ghee and oil.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 12: Edema Treatment (Shvayathu Chikitsa / श्वयथुचिकित्सा)

The leaves of upodika, tanduliya, vira, vastuka, suvarchala (one kind of salt) yava, avalguja, kakamachi (Solanum nigrum), ruhupatra, mahapatra, amlika, jivanti (Leptadenia reticulata), shati (Hedychium spicatium) and gunjanaka (Abrus pricatorius) should be cooked with curd and fried with ghee as well as oil.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 14: Hemorrhoids Treatment (Arsha Chikitsa / अर्शचिकित्सा)

In this decoction jivanti, kutaki, pippali, pippalimoola, nagara, devadaru, indrajava, Flower of shalmali, shatavari, rakta chandana, utpala, katphala, chitraka, musta, priyangu, ativisha, sarivan, pollens of padma, utpala, majitha bhatakataiya, bilva, mocharasa and patha.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 14: Hemorrhoids Treatment (Arsha Chikitsa / अर्शचिकित्सा)

Also: Bala (Sida cordifolia), Bhumi Amali (Phyllanthus niruri), Vasa (Adhatoda vasica), Mudgaparni (Phaseolus trilobus), Jivanti (Leptadenia reticulata), Shati (Hedychium spicatum), Jivaka (Microstylis wallichii), Rishabha (Microstylis muscifera), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), Pushkara (Inula racemosa), and Kakanasika (Martynia annua).

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

Old Shali rice gruel with ghee, Jivanti (Leptadenia reticulata), Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa), pointed gourd, and green gram soup — these are always beneficial.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 49: Diet for Abscess (Vidradhi-Vrana Pathyapathyam)

Old Shali rice gruel with ghee, Jivanti (Leptadenia reticulata), Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa), pointed gourd, and green gram soup — these are always beneficial.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 38: Diet for Abscess (Vidradhi-Vrana Pathyapathyam)

The Kakolyadi Gana consists of: kakoli, chira-kakoli, jivaka, rishabhaka, mudraparni, mashaparni, meda, mahameda, chhinnaruha, kantashringi, tuga, chiri, payaskra, praundarika, vriddhi, mridvika, jivanti, and madhuka (licorice) (verse 35).

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 38: Dravyasangrahaniya Adhyaya - On the Collection of Drugs

Alternatively, sun-dried madana fruit with jivanti decoction is used when Pitta is lodged in Kapha's seat.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 43: Vamana-dravya-vikalpa-vijnaniya Adhyaya - On Emetic Drug Preparations

The Kakolyadi Gana consists of: kakoli, chira-kakoli, jivaka, rishabhaka, mudraparni, mashaparni, meda, mahameda, chhinnaruha, kantashringi, tuga, chiri, payaskra, praundarika, vriddhi, mridvika, jivanti, and madhuka (licorice) (verse 35).

— Sushruta Samhita, Dravyasangrahaniya Adhyaya - On the Collection of Drugs

Alternatively, sun-dried madana fruit with jivanti decoction is used when Pitta is lodged in Kapha's seat.

— Sushruta Samhita, Vamana-dravya-vikalpa-vijnaniya Adhyaya - On Emetic Drug Preparations