KAKAMACHI

1. Botanical name: Solanum nigrum Linn.
2. Family: Solanaceae
3. Tamil: Manattakkali
4. Hindi: Mako, gurkkamai
5. Malayalam: Manattakkali, karintakali, karintakkali
6. English: Black Nightshade
7. Habit: a 30–120 cm tall, erect, herbaceous annual or short-lived perennial weed. It has branched, smooth, or hairy stems, alternate ovate leaves with wavy edges, and white, star-shaped flowers with prominent yellow anthers in clustered umbels. It bears dull black/purple-black berries
8. Distribution: All over India
9. Useful part: Whole plant
10. Rasa Panchaka
    1. Rasa: Kashaya
    1. Guna: Laghu, Snigdha
    1. Veerya: Anushna
    1. Vipaka: Katu
    1. Karma: Tridosha hara, Hridya, Dipana, Pachana, Vrisyam, Rasayana, Virechana
11. Indications: Kasa, swasa, krimi, kusta, vrana
12. Dose:
13. Leaf juice :10-15 ml
14. Powder : 2-4 g
15. Decoction : 50-100 ml
16. Formulations: Kakamachi Kalpa, Maha Vishagarbha Taila

WHOLE PLANT

FRUIT