शृङ्गाटकं - Trapa bispinosa

शृङ्गाटकं - Trapa bispinosa

शृङ्गाटकं जलफलं त्रिकोणफलमित्यपि ॥ 

शृङ्गाटकं हिमं स्वादु गुरु वृष्यं कषायकम् ।

ग्राहि शुक्रानिलश्लेष्मप्रदं पित्तास्रदाहनुत् ॥

( भा प्र )

शृङ्गाटकः शोणितपित्तहारी 

लघुः सरो वृष्यतमो विशेषात्

त्रिदोषतापश्रमशोफहारी

रुचिप्रदो मेहनदार्ढ्यहेतुः ।

 ( रा. नि.)

पर्य्यायः 

शृङ्गाटकः , जलसूचिः , संघाटिका , 

वारिकण्टकः , शृङ्गकन्दः , क्षीरशुक्लः ।

Trapa bispinosa

Family : Trapaceae

English : -

Water chestnutb.

 Caltrops .

 Singhara nut .

Malayalam : -

വൽവട്ടക്കിഴങ്ങ് .

Valvattakizhangu

കരിമ്പോളം

Karimbolam

വൻകൊട്ടക്കായ

Vankottakjaya

Hindi : सिंघाडा .

Tamil : ciṅkārakkōṭṭai .

Kannada : Simgora .

Telugu : Singada .

Part used- Fruit pulp, Fruit powder.

Properties:-

Rasa -Madhura ,Kashaya .

Guna - Guru , Ruksha .

Veerya – Sheeta

Vipaka- Madhura 

Veerya – Sheeta 

Karma-Pittahara , Vrushya .

Habitat

Trapa bispinosa Roxb. is native to India. It grows abundantly in the fresh water lakes of Kashmir, Orissa, Assam and other parts of the country. It is found as an ornamental plant in the lakes of European countries. The plant is a small shrub growing in the water and the long stems take root in the mud of the lakebeds. The fruits and the seeds are the palatable parts of the plant

Uses, indications :- 

वृष्य , ग्राहि , शुक्रप्रदा , अनिलश्लेष्मला ,

रक्तपित्तहरा , दाहघ्न: , श्रमहरा , शोफहारी ,

रुचिप्रद: , मेहनदार्ढ्यकृत् ।

Shringataka- Trapa bispinosa Roxb. is an ayurvedic herb used for the treatment of bleeding disorders, dysuria, polyuria, oedema and also used as nutritional supplement. 

Formulations :-

अमृतप्राश घृतं ।

सौभाग्य शुण्ठी इत्यादी ।