BOTANICAL NAME- Operculina turpethum Linn.
FAMILY- Convolulaceae
NAMES IN DIFFERENT INDIAN LANGUAGESEnglish → Indian Jalap
Hindi → Nisoth
Kannada → Bilitigade
Malayalam → Trikolpakonna
Marathi → Nishotar
SYNONYMS: Nishoth, sarvanubhuti, tri-putta, tri-bhandi
CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO CHARAK AND SUSHRUT:
Caraka- Bhedaniya varga, Asthapanōpaga varga
Suśruta- Syāmādi gana
MORPHOLOGY: Perennial twiner with milky juice.
Root- Long, slender, fleshy, much branched.
Stem-Very long twining and twisted together, angled and winged, pubescent, tough and becomes
brown after sometimes.
Leaves-Simple, 5 to 10 cm long, 1 to 7 cm wide, ovate or oblong more or less pubescent or both the
sides. Petiole is 2 to 5 cm long.
Inflorescence- Few flowered cyme, peduncle stout, 2 to 5 cm long.
Flower-Pedicels 0.5 to 2.5 cm long, stout, pubescent, slightly thickened upwards. Outer sepals 2 cm
long, inner se- pals are smaller. Corolla is white, 4 to 5 cm long, subcompanulate.
Fruit- Capsule, 8 mm in diameter, globose, enclosed in enlarged brittle imbricate sepals.
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS-
Root contains a glycoside resin, which includes turpethin (5%), ether insoluble glycoside, two ether
soluble glycoside namely a -turpethin (8%) B-turpethin (0.5%). It also contains volatile oil, Coumarin,
Scopoletin, Rhamnose, Vanillic acid, Turpethinic acids C,D,E and Saponins.
PROPERTIES: Rasa- Katu Tikta
Guna- Laghu, Ruksa, Tiksna
Vipäka- Katu
Virya- Usna
Prabhava- Virecana
KARMA: Vatahara (Bh.Pr.Ni)- because of Usna virya.
Swēta trivrit- Recana, Pittajwarahara, Sothahara, Udararogahara, Krimighna, Pliharōgahara,
Pandurogahara, Vranaharu, Kusthghna, Kandughna.
Syama trivrit- Tikṣna recaka, Dähavardhaka, Murcākara, Bhramaprada, Kantotkarṣanakaraka.
Purgative, Antiinflammatory, Antibacteorial, Cathartic. Anthelminthic, Cardiac depressant, Laxative,
Antipyretic and Spasmodic.
INDICATIONS: Sweta trivrit- Vibandha, Sotha, Jwara, Udara rōga, Krimi, Plika roga, Pandu, Kustha, Kandu and Vrana.
PART USED- Root
DOSAGE- Curna (Powder) 1 to 4 g
IMPORTANT YOGAS OR FORMULATIONS: Trivritādi kwätha, Trivritädi ghrita, Trivritadi curna, Trivritädi modaka, Avipattikara curna
THERAPEUTIC USES:
1. Aršas (Piles)
Powder of Trivrit is mixed with decoction prepared from Triphala- internally in case of Arśas (Piles).
2. Kamala (Jaundice)
Triphala (Kwatha (decoction) is mixed with powder of Trivrit is efficacious in Kamala (Jaundice).
3. Jwara (Fever)
Trivrit powder taken with Sugar is useful in Jwara originated by Pitta and Kapha doșa.
