Overview
Kampillaka is one of the herbs traditionally used in Ayurveda for ulcers. Important Krimighna drug for tapeworm. Red/orange glandular hair powder from fruits is used. Also used as natural dye.
How Kampillaka Helps with Ulcers
According to Ayurvedic pharmacology, Kampillaka has specific properties that make it valuable for addressing ulcers:
- Potency (Virya): Ushna
- Taste (Rasa): Katu, Kashaya
- Qualities (Guna): Laghu, Ruksha, Tikshna
Other Herbs for Ulcers
See all herbs for ulcers on the Ulcers page.
▶ Classical Text References (2 sources)
Kampillaka (Mallotus philippinensis), vidanga (Embelia ribes Burm), daruharidra (Berberis aristata) and karanja fruit (Pongamia pinnata), the paste of all these drugs should be used to prepare oil which is indicated in the treatment of granthi vrina.
— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 21: Erysipelas Treatment (Visarpa Chikitsa / विसर्पचिकित्सा)
Kampillaka (Mallotus philippinensis Muell Arg), vidanga (Embelia ribes Burm), kutaja, triphala, bala, patola (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.
— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 25: Wound Management (Dwivraniya Chikitsa / द्विव्रणीयचिकित्सा)
Oil cooked with durva juice or kampillaka or paste of daruharidra bark is an important ulcer healer.
— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 25: Wound Management (Dwivraniya Chikitsa / द्विव्रणीयचिकित्सा)
)), kampillaka (Mallotus philippensis Shankhinī (Xanthium strumarium (L)), latex of- snuhi (Zingiber officinale (Roscoe)), arka (Calotropis Gigantea (Linn)), Jaggery [14] The powder of following herbs is to be blown up with a pipe/ tube into the oleated anal canal.
— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 26: Three Vital Organs Treatment (Trimarmiya Chikitsa / त्रिमर्मीयचिकित्सा)
Tilvaka churna receives tenfold trituration with Kampillaka (Mallotus) kashaya, then taken with Kampillaka decoction.
— Charaka Samhita, Kalpa Sthana — Pharmaceutical Preparations, Chapter 9: Pharmaceutical Preparations of Tilvaka (Tilvaka Kalpa Adhyaya / तिल्वककल्प अध्याय)
Source: Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 21: Erysipelas Treatment (Visarpa Chikitsa / विसर्पचिकित्सा); Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 25: Wound Management (Dwivraniya Chikitsa / द्विव्रणीयचिकित्सा); Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 26: Three Vital Organs Treatment (Trimarmiya Chikitsa / त्रिमर्मीयचिकित्सा); Kalpa Sthana — Pharmaceutical Preparations, Chapter 9: Pharmaceutical Preparations of Tilvaka (Tilvaka Kalpa Adhyaya / तिल्वककल्प अध्याय)
The drugs for downward purification (purgation/virechana) are: vivrita, shyama, danti, dravanti, saptala, shahlini, vishanika, gavachi, chagalantri, snuha, suvarna, chiri, chitraka, kinihi, kushakashi, tvaka, kampillaka, ramyaka, patala, puga, haritaki, amalaki, bibhitaka, nilini, chaturangula, eranda (castor), putika, mahavriksha, saptachhada, and jyotishmati.
— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 39: Shodhanasanshmaniya Adhyaya - On Purification and Pacification
Drugs for Downward Purification and Pacification Groups (Verses 4-9) The drugs for downward purification (purgation/virechana) are: vivrita, shyama, danti, dravanti, saptala, shahlini, vishanika, gavachi, chagalantri, snuha, suvarna, chiri, chitraka, kinihi, kushakashi, tvaka, kampillaka, ramyaka, patala, puga, haritaki, amalaki, bibhitaka, nilini, chaturangula, eranda (castor), putika, mahavriksha, saptachhada, and jyotishmati.
— Sushruta Samhita, Shodhanasanshmaniya Adhyaya - On Purification and Pacification
Source: Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 39: Shodhanasanshmaniya Adhyaya - On Purification and Pacification; Shodhanasanshmaniya Adhyaya - On Purification and Pacification
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