Take The Stress Out Of MURVA

Botanical Name: Marsedeniatenacissima Wight &Arn.

 Classification:

According To Modern

Kingdom –Plantae

Order  –Gentianales

Family     –Asclepiadaceae

According To Ayurveda

Charak-     TriptighnaVarga, StanyasodhanaVarga

Sushruta-   PatoladiGana

Bhavprakash- Guducyadivarga

Other Names:

• Assam: Murha
• Bengali: Chitti, Jitti, Siti
• Gujarat: Moravel
• Hindi: Murva, Jartor, SafedNishoth, Chinhaur
• Kannada: KoratigeHambu, KalluShambu, Koratige, Halukaratige, Kadaluhaleballi
• Malayalam: Perumkurumba
• Marathi: Morvel
• Oriya: Murva, Murga
• Tamil: Perunkurinjan
• Telugu: Chagaveru
• Urdu: TurbudSafed
• Siddha: Perunkurinjan
• Unani: Moorwa
• Folk: Maruaa-bel
• English: White Nishoth and Rajmahal Hemp
• Sinhalese: Muruva-dul
• Marma: Sakmaburo, Townoy
• Tripura: Duabotoi
• Khumi: Ayukaethui
• Trade name:Murva

General Information:

Habit-  A Climber. Stem- Grows up to 20 ft. high and 4 cm. in diameter. Bark- Pale brown, rough corky, and deeply fissured. Leaves- Simple, 10 to 18 cm. long and 6 to 12 cm wide, ovate, acuminate, the base is cordate, dull green above, basal nerves are 3 to 5 in numbers. The petiole is 4 to 9 cm long. Inflorescence- Many flowered extra-axillary cymes. Flowers- having companulate corolla. Fruit- Follicle, solitary, 7.5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, straight.Beaked, hairy with thick deeply wrinkled pericarp.

Properties (Gunadharma)

Rasa- Madhura, Tikta

Vipak- Katu

Virya- Ushna

Guna-Guru, Ruksha

Specific Parts :

Root.

Doshaghnata :

Tridoshashamak.

Shloka’s :

मुर्वा तिक्ता कषायोष्णा ह्रद्रोगकफवातह्रत|

वमीप्रमेहकुष्ठारीर्वीषमज्वरहारिणी ||

Benefits :

It is used in amadosha, amlapitta, vibandha, kamala, shola and in krimis being deepana, pachana, anulomana, pittasarak, shola prashamana and krimighna. It is used in hridroga and raktadushti being hridya and raktashodhana and also in prameha. In stanyadushtija diseases being stanyashodhana; in kushtha and vishamajvara.

Chardi (Vomiting)

Murva (Marsedeniatenacissima) taken with rice water will check Chardi (Vomiting)

Netraroga(Disorders of eyes)

Anjana (Collyrium) prepared from Murva (Marsedeniatenacissima) rock salt, Taila (Oil) after heating it in the bronze vessel is used in eye diseases especially pain in eyes.

1. The decoction of the leaves is given for flatulence and as a remedy for gonorrhea.
2. The dried flowers and leaves of are used internally for a cough, vomiting, fever and as an

appetizer.

3. The paste is applied externally over major burns.
4. It is used as an ingredient in the preparation of medicated oil which is applied to skin diseases, fractures, convulsions, hemiplegia, facial paralysis, and cephalalgia.

5. For fungal infections of the skin, the sap obtained by breaking the leaf is applied externally.
6. This plant is also used in the treatment of paralysis.

Formulation (Kalp):

            Name                                      Indication

Jwaraharakasaya                    Jwara

PramehaMihiraTaila              Prameha

MahatiktakaGhrita                 Kustha, Arsas

Dosage :

Kwatha (Decoction)- 50 to 100 ml.

Research Corner :

Tenacissoside C, a natural bioactive compound of C21 steroidal saponins, was isolated and purified from air-dried stems of Marsdeniatenacissima. In the present study, the MTT assay showed that tenacissoside C exhibited obvious cytotoxicity in K562 cells with IC50 values of 31.4;22.2and 15.1 NM for 24,48 and 72 h, respectively. Flow cytometryanaluysis indicated that the ant proliferative activity induced by tenacissoside C might be executed via GO/G1 cell cycle arrest and proapoptosis in K562 cells.