Medicinal Plants No 48

Arachis hypogaea Linn Fabaceae : (अपराजिता-कुलम्)

Eng : Groundnut, Peanut, Monkeynut Hin

: Mùng-phali (Hi-het) Kan : Nīlakadali (Dre Foo) Mal : Nilakkațala (meconse) San : Bhūcaņakaḥ, Mandapi (qua;, Hu54) Tam : Vērkkațalal (CUSAL_00) Tei : Vēruśenagalu (oužstev)

Distribution : Throughout India, cultivated The Plant: A branched hairy annual herb with erect branches trailing on

the ground; leaves compound, pulvinate, 8–12 cm long, leaflets oblong to obovate, entire; flowers yellow, axillary, fascicled; fruits pods, ripening underground, leathery, containing 1-3 seeds; each seed with a thin brown seed-coat and two fleshy white cotyledons

rich in oil and proteins. Parts used : seeds, oil Properties and uses : The seeds are sweet, oleagenous, aphrodisiac,

galactagogue, constipating and tonic and are useful in agalactia, diarrhoea and general debility. The oil is sweet, purgative and emollient, and is used in nephropathy and dislocated joints.

"द्वित्रिबीजो भूचणकः स्नेहाढ्यो रक्तबीजकः । भूवाचि शब्दपूर्वोऽयं चणकः सितसूपकः ॥ (स्व.) ["Dvitribījo bhūcanakaḥ snēnādhayo raktabijakan Bhūvāci sabdapūrvõlyam canakaḥ sitasúpakah]" (Sve.)]

भूशिम्बिका रक्तबीजा त्रिबीजा स्नेहबीजका । मण्डपी भूमिजा भूस्था तथा भूचणका स्मृता ॥” (शा.नि.) ["Bhūśimikā raktabijā tribija snēhabijakā Mandapi bhūmijā bhūsthā tathā bhūcaņakā smộtā" (Šā.ni.)]

'बलपुष्टिकरो ह्येष मधुरः परमं गुरुः । विटंभि दुर्जरो त्यर्थं श्ळेष्मपित्तकरः परम् ॥तत्तैलं मधुरं रुच्यं स्निग्धं रेचनकं स्मृतम् । दोषदृष्यादि संचिन्त्य यथार्ह तच्च योजयेत् ॥ (स्व.) ["Balapustikaro hyēșa madhuraḥ paramam guruh Vistambhi durjjaroſtyartham śleşmapittakaraḥ param Tattailam madhuram rucyam snigdham rēcanakam smrtam Doșadūșyādi samcintya yathārham tacca yõjayēt" (Sva.)]

मण्डपी मधुरः स्निग्धा वातळा कफकारिका । ग्राहिका बद्धवर्चश्च तत्तैलं तद्गुणं स्मृतम् ॥ (शा.नि.) ["Mandapi madhurā snigdhā vataļā kaphakārikā Grahika baddhavarccasca tattailam tadgunam smrtam" (Sa.ni.)]