ERANDA / RICINUS COMMUNIS

Botinical Name:- Ricinus Communis.

Family :- Euphorbiaceae.

Botanical Description :- An evergreen, glabrous shrub, 2-4.5 m high. Leaves - palmately 7 many lobed, loboes oblong to linear, acute or acuminate. Flowers - in large terminal subpanicled racemes; in a dense globose head of branched filaments and anthers, yellowish. Fruits - capsules , globosely oblong, smooth or echinate. Seeds - oblong, smooth, mottled.

Indications:- Vata Vyadhis, Pliharog, Udavarta, Vastisula, Gulma, Antravrddhi, Kastisula, Sirasula, Prameha, Vatarakta etc.

Therapeutic Uses :-

Slipada :- Eranda taila mixed with cow's urine may be taken for one month while consuming diet of rice and milk.
Parsvasula :- Yavakshara is added to Eranda kwath and taken.
Kasa :- Kshara of Eranda leaves is mixed with Trikatu, oil and jaggary is useful on oral administration.

Dosage :- Roots powder 3-5g, decoction 20 - 50ml, oil - 5-10ml.