Skip to content
Ayurkoshaआयुर्वेद ज्ञानकोश

Herbवनस्पति

Kakadani

काकादनी · गृध्रा

Extracted from the textPlant identity uncertainNew name from the text2 references

Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Search the library for itDiscussed in 2 sessions

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
गृध्राकाकादनीकाकलता
Hindi
काकादनीकाकतिंदुकीकाकादिनी
English
Kakadani

Ayurvedic properties

Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.

Taste (rasa)
Sweet (madhura)
Qualities (guna)
RukshaShitaGuru
Effect on the doshas
Pitta: pacifiesKapha: pacifiesVata: aggravates
Actions
Vishaghna

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Properties1

  • Fruits of kākādanī (verse gṛdhrā) head the fruit vegetables described as dry, sweet and cold, removing pitta and kapha, heavy to digest, quickly increasing vata and countering poison.

    Chapter 4 · p. 58 · v. 39Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Preparation1

  • Kakadani is one of the five plants in whose juice mercury is said to be fixed.

    Chapter 24 · p. 578 · v. 44Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Safety

  • Identity uncertain. The name could refer to more than one plant, so no botanical identity is asserted.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

Find everywhere it is used

Open in the usage explorer

Formulations containing it

1
Mustard and snake-slough fumigation for the Kinnara graha

Remedies using it

2
Bimbi, gunja and kakadani amulet for the Shitaputana grahaRoot paste of kakadani, ashvamaraka and gunja for poison-induced udara (unnamed)

Procedures using it

1
Fixing (stambhana) of mercury

Conditions mentioned with it

4

Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Kinnara grahaPoisoning (visha)Shitaputana grahaUdara roga (abdominal enlargement)

Organs and systems mentioned

4
AbdomenIntestines and colonLiver and hepatobiliary systemSpleen

Other ingredients used together

16

Count of shared preparations.

Gunja (rosary pea)×2Mustard seed (sarshapa)×1Hair and body hair (of animals and humans)×1Snake slough×1Hingu (asafoetida)×1Vacha (sweet flag)×1Ghee (ghrita)×1Jaggery (guda)×1Ivy gourd (bimbi)×1Mercury (parada)×1Sarpakshi×1Sharavarini×1Saireyaka (porcupine flower)×1Patha×1Sesame oil (tila taila)×1Karavira (oleander)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

3
Fixing mercuryFumigation against the Kinnara grahaProperties of fruit vegetables from gṛdhrā and other trees

Course sessions

2
Grains and other foods, their merits and faultsMercury and rejuvenating preparations

Related entries

1
Fixing (stambhana) of mercury

Where else is this mentioned?

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Extraction notes

  • Named in a fumigation (PDF 464, verse 74); the commentary gives no other name.
  • The commentary glosses काकादनी as काकतिंदुकी (PDF 470, verse 103).
  • The commentary writes काकादिनी.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
1
Extraction tasks
T03, T19, T27
Record id
ingredient_kakadani