KAKAUDUMBARA

  1. Botanical Name : Ficus hispida
  2. Family : Moraceae
  3. Tamil : Peyatthi, Kattatthi
  4. Hindi : Kagsha
  5. Malayalam : Kattathi, Paeyathi
  6. English : Hairy Fig
  7. Habit : A coarsely hairy shrub or small tree. Oppositely arranged leaves, on 1-4 cm long stalks, are ovate, oblong, or obovate-oblong, 10-25 cm long, 5-10 cm wide, thickly papery, covered with coarse hairs. Leaf base is rounded to wedge shaped, margin is entire or bluntly toothed, tip is pointed. Figs appear in leaf axil on normal leafy shoots, sometimes on leafless branchlets, solitary or paired, yellow or red when mature, top-shaped, 1.2-3 cm in diameter. Figs are covered with short hairs
  8. Distribution : Primarily found Southeast Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia.
  9. Useful Part : Leaves, Roots, Bark, Stem, Fruits, Latex
  10. Rasa Panchaka
    • Rasa : Tikta, Kasaya
    • Guna : Lagu, Ruksha
    • Veerya : Sheeta
    • Vipaka : Katu
  11. Karma : Kaphapittahara, Sukrala, Varnya, Grahi
  12. Indications : Arshas, Atisara, Raktapitta, Shvitra, Pandu, Kamala, Vrana
  13. Dose : Bark Powder – 1-3 gm
    Decoction – 50-100 ml
  14. Formulations : Gojihvadi Kashaya