Dashmool is a famous Ayurvedic combination of medicinal herbs. It is one of the most common polyherbal combination used in preparation of many Ayurvedic medcine that are indicated in treatment of variety of ailments. Dash means ten and Mool or Mula means roots. So the literal meaning of DashMoola is ten roots. In ten roots, five roots are of tree and other five are roots of shrubs.
Overview of Dashmula
The roots of big five tree are known as Brihatpanchamoola. The roots of small five shrubs are Laghupanchamoola.
Brihat panchamoola
No | Botanical name | Common name | Family |
1 | Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. | Bilva | Rutaceae |
2 | Premna optusifolia R. Br. | Agnimantha | Verbenaceae |
3 | Gmelina arborea Roxb. | Gambhari | Verbenaceae |
4 | Oroxylum indicum Vent. | Shyonak | Bignoniaceae |
5 | Stereospermum colais Mabb. | Patala | Bignoniaceae |
Laghu panchamoola
No | Botanical name | Common name | Family |
6 | Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. | Shalparni | Fabaceae |
7 | Solanum anguivi \ Lam. | Bruhati | Solanaceae |
8 | Solanum virginianum L. | Laghu kantakari | Solanaceae |
9 | Zygophyllaceae | ||
10 | Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC. | Prishniparni | Fabaceae |
Dashmula Medicinal activities
- Anti-inflammatory property (anti-inflammatory are agents that reduce swelling)
- Antipyretic property (antipyretic are drugs that are useful in reducing fever)
- Antioxidant property (antioxidant are agents that removes potentially damaging oxidizing agents, that are responsible for various diseases)
- Analgesic property (pain-relieving)
- Tridosh nashak, balances vata, pitta kapha
- Dashmula is excellent medicine for treating inflammatory condition or vata vyadhis. In inflammatory conditions, it reduces swelling, inflammation and fever. It is such an intelligent blend of medicinal herbs that balances vata, pitta and kapha.
Dashmoola Ayurvedic medicines
- Dashamoolarishta
- Dashamoola Kwatha
- Dashamoola Churna
- Dashamoola Ghrita
- Dashamoola Kalpa
- Dashamoola Oil
- Dashamoola Haritaki Rasayana