Kadamba: Benefits, Uses & Dosage

50 Apchara varga –(aquatic birds) : हंससारसकाद बबककार डव लवाः बलाको ोषच ा वम गु ौ चादयो अ चराः Hamsa (swan), sarasa (Indian crane), kadamba (grey legged goose), baka (heron), karandava (white breasted goose), palva (pelican), balaka (crane),utkrosa (mattard), chakrahva(ruddy Sheldrake), madgu (small cormorant), krouncha (pound heron) etc.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Kashaya Varga (Gana) – group of astringents: वगःकषायः प या ं शर षः ख दरो मधु कद बोद ु बरं मु ता वाला जनगै रकम ् बालं क प थं खजूरं वसप ो पला द च Group of astringents consists of Pathya – Chebuic Myrobalan (fruit rind) – Terminalia chebula, Aksha – Terminalia bellirica, Shireesa, Khadira – Black catechu (heart wood extract) – Acacia catechu, Madhu (honey), Kadamba, Udumbara, Mukta (Pearls), Pravala (Coral), Anjana – Aqueous extract of Berberis aristata (antimony), Gairika – Purified Red Ochre, B

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Rasabhediyam Tastes, Their

the leaves should not be ripened ones but should be young – tender ones, not having holes, good in all respects, washed well and not rough, should belong to trees which have milky sap, Bhurja, Arjuna or Kadamba.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Shastrakarma Vidhi

Decoction of nyagrodha, udumbara, asvattha, kadamba, plaksha, vetasa, karavira (Nerium indicum Mill.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 25: Wound Management (Dwivraniya Chikitsa / द्विव्रणीयचिकित्सा)

For covering the wound, leaves of kadamba, arjuna, nimba, patala (Stereospermum suaveolens DC.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 25: Wound Management (Dwivraniya Chikitsa / द्विव्रणीयचिकित्सा)

When the calculus resembles kadamba flower, stony, smooth, prismatic (having three layers) or soft and when it comes in the urinary passage, it obstructs the flow of urine and results in pain in urinary bladder and perineum-sevani (suture below the pudendum and between two testicles), phallus and hypogastric region (region over urinary bladder).

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 26: Three Vital Organs Treatment (Trimarmiya Chikitsa / त्रिमर्मीयचिकित्सा)

96 liters of milk and 40 gms each of paste of following drugs– kadamba (Anthocephalus kadama),amalaki, akshota (Juglans regia), lotus seeds (Nelumbium speciosum), kasheruka (Scirpus kysoor), shringataka (Trapa bispinosa), shunthi, saindhava, lavana (rock salt), pippali, sarkara (cane sugar), and herbs of jeevaniya gana (Ca.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 29: Gout Treatment (Vatarakta Chikitsa / वातरक्तचिकित्सा)

The Rodhraadi Gana consists of: rodhra, savara-rodhra, palasha, kutannata, ashoka, phanji, katphala, elavalu, kashallaki, jihvini, kadamba, sala, and kadali (plantain) (verse 14).

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

The Nyagrodhadi Gana consists of: nyagrodha (banyan), udumbara (fig), ashvattha (peepal), placha, madhuka, kapitana, kubha, amra (mango), koshamra, choraka, patrajambu (two types), priyala, madhuka, rohini, vanjula, kadamba, badari (jujube), tinduki, sallaki, rodhra, savara-rodhra, bhallataka (marking nut), palasha, and nandivriksha (verse 48).

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

They resemble the Kadamba flowers in structure and are either tubular or sharp-pointed like a needle, sometimes assuming the shape of the wild Tundikeri flower.

— Sushruta Samhita, Nidana Sthana, Chapter 2: Arsas Nidanam - Haemorrhoids (Piles)

The flowers of Vetra, Kadamba, Vallija (Naracha), Karambha and MahaKarambha are the five flower-poisons.

— Sushruta Samhita, Kalpa Sthana, Chapter 2: Sthavara-Visha-Vijnaniya

A case of bite by a Pitika spider is marked by an eruption of hard pustules, vomiting, fever, colic (Sula) and redness of the eyes, and the remedy consists in the application of an Agada, composed of Kutaja, Usira, Kadamba and Kakubha-bark.

— Sushruta Samhita, Kalpa Sthana, Chapter 8: Kita-Kalpa