¹PG scholar department of Agadtantra,Government Ayurvedic College, Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India.

²Professor and Head of department, department of Agadtantra,  Government Ayurvedic college, Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India.

³PG scholar department of Agadtantra, Government Ayurvedic College,Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India.

⁴Associate professor department of Agadtantra, department of Agadtantra,Government Ayurvedic College, Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India.

⁵PG scholar department of shalyatantra, Government Ayurvedic College, Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India

⁶PG scholar department of Rachana sharir, Government Ayurvedic College,Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India.

CORRESPONDING ADDRESS- Dr. Ravindra R. Pandhare

PG Scholar, Agadtantra Department

Govt. Ayurvedic College, Osmanabad, Maharashtra(India)  413501

ABSTRACT:

Bhallataka is also known as marking nut tree- dhobi’s nut, family belong to anacardiaceae, according to various acharyas bhallatak have various synonyms according to their action. In Ayurveda it is described as vanaspatij  visha as in  modern science, it is irritant organic vegetable poison. All the parts are poisonous mostly seeds are hazardous to human due to its irritant property. By shodhan sanskara, bhallatak has most beneficial effects. In charak samhita various yogs are explained of bhallatak as a rasayana, the ballataka nut contains bhilwanol and semicarpol as toxic ingredient shows some medicinal property. Bhallataka is also used as non- medico purpose to making a ink or hair dye. Detoxified bhallataka shows some dipan, pachan, bhedana  jwaragnha,   krumighna , medhya, balya ,vrushya , mutrajanan properties. By its hot potency (Ushna virya) it has some local action like spotjanana. Semicarpol and bhilonwol shows antimicrobial, analgesic, anti-oxidant anti-inflammatory, ant-helmintic activities, this article suggest the ayurvedic review of bhallataka w.s.r. to agadtantra 

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