It's All About (The) GAJARA PLANT

GARJARA

 Botanical Name:Daucus carota. D.C

Classification:

§  According To Modern

o   Kingdom –  Plantae

o   Order – Rubiales

o   Family – Rubiaceae

§  According To Ayurveda

• Charak        : Not mentioned in Varga
• Sushruta : Not mentioned in Gana
• Bhavprakash : Guducyadi Varga

§  Other Names

Arabic Name : Jazar, Istufleen, Nahshal, Subaat’iyya
Bengali Name : Gajar
Chinese Name : Hu luo bo
English Name : Carrot
French Name : Carotte cultivé
German Name : Karotte, Möhre
Gujarati Name : Gajar
Hindi Name : Gajar, Gajra
Kannada Name : Gajjari
Kashmiri Name : Gazer, Gazaer
Latin name : Daucus carota Linn.
Marathi Name: Gajar
Persian Name: Gazar, Zardak
Punjabi Name: Gajar
Sanskrit Name: Garjara, Shekhamulama
Urdu Name: Gajar,

General Information :

Carrot is a plant. The leaves and the part that grows underground (carrot root) are used for food. The part that grows underground is also used for medicine.

The main benefit from the carrot is its high content of the plant pigment carotene, this compound undergoes chemical conversion to form vitamin A in the liver – the vitamin A is in turn absolutely required for good vision. Carotene is also an important nutrient for the eye, as it acts to alleviate night blindness as well as general vision.

Habit- Herbaceous annual, Stem- herbaceous, aerial, erect, solid and angular leaf- compound, triangular to oblong, alternate and petiolate. Inflorescence- Compound umbel. Flower- Complete, bisexual have 5 petals and they are splitting into 2 mericarps. Fruit- A cremocarp splitting into 2 mericarps.

• Properties (Gunadharma):
  • Rasa – Madhura (Sweet), Tikta (Bitter)
  • Vipak- Madhura
  • Virya – Ushna
  • Guna – Laghu ,Tikshna
• Specific Parts:

Root, Seed

• Doshaghnata:

Pittaghna, Kaphaghna.

• Shlok:

      गाजर मधुरं तीक्ष्णं तीक्तोष्ण  दीपनं लघु  Ι

      संग्राही रक्तपित्तार्शोग्रहनिकफवातजित  ΙΙ

Benefits :

It should be used in agnimandya, anaha, grahani, arsha and udara being deepana, snehana, vatanumomana ands malasangrahi. It is used in kasa and shvasa being Kaphanissaraka. The seed is advised as vajikarana. Its khandapaka should be given in mastishka and in vatavahini daurbalya. It should be used as ashmaribhedana, mootrala, artavajanana and garbhashya sankochaka.

Arsas ( Piles )

Curry cooked with garjara ( Daucus carota ) and dadima ( Punica granatum ) taken with ghee is very useful  in arsas  ( Piles ).

Atisara ( Diarrhoea )

Yusa ( Gruel ) prepared from  Garjara (Daucus carota ) is much beneficial in case of Atisara (Diarrhoea).

• Gajara juice is known to lower cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar.
• It is helpful in maintaining colon health because it is rich in fiber
• it is rich in vitamin A hence it improve the eyesight.
• Inflamed kidneys, liver and gall bladder are soothed by gajara juice.

• Dosage :

Svarasa – 20 to 40 ml.

Beeha Choorna – 1 to 3 gm.

• Research Corner :

A study is done to fractionate and analyze the chemical composition of the Daucus Carota oil extract fractions and to evaluate their antioxidant and hepatoprotective properties in-vitro and in Vivo. The results showed that there is a presence of Himachal 6-01. Flavonoids and phenolics. The study revealed that carrot is possessing significant antioxidant and that carrot is possessing significant antioxidant and shebaby .