ADAREESAHACHARADI KASHAYAM- Benefits, Ingredients, Indications, Dosage, Usage, Preparation, Side effects, Equivalent Medicines, Research Papers

by Dr. Rajesh Nair · February 9, 2021

Adari sahacharadi kashayam is an Ayurvedic medicine for Pain relief, especially in joints of the lower part of the body. This kashayam is helpful in relieving many conditions of inflammatory arthritis.

Aadareesahacharadi kashayam Uses

  • Adareesahacharadi kashayam is a modified version of Sahacharadi kashayam. It is beneficial in many painful conditions like low back aches, sciatica, disc prolapse, and even varicose veins. It acts on the locomotory and nervous system.
  • It is very effective in reducing the swelling in joints and helps relieve stiffness and pain while walking. It is used in joint pain and inflammation, especially for weight-bearing ones. It is also used in
  • It is effective in All movement disorders, especially in the hip and lower limbs. It corrects and regulates the functions of Apaanavayu. In that way, it can be used in some obstructive disorders of the female reproductive system.
  • It is very effective in controlling the discomfort due to varicose veins. That is why it is found beneficial in varicocele, hydrocele, some cases of hernia, etc.

Indications of Adarisahacharadi kashayam

  • Khanja pangu – lame and limping
  • Adhoga vaatavikara – diseases of ower limbs, especially locomotory & nervous system.

Aadareesahacharadi Kashayam Ingredients

Climbing wattle	Adari	Acacia pennata (L.) WILLD.
Mimosa thorn	Adari	Caesalpinia mimosoides Lam.
  •  It has potent analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties.
Strobilanthes	Sahachara	Nilgirianthus ciliatus(Nees) Bremek /Strobilanthes ciliatus Nees.
  •  It is used in neurological disorders, sciatica, glandular swellings, and oedema.
Himalayan cedar devadaru Cedrus deodara 
  • It is useful as an expectorant in cough. It relieves asthma and other respiratory diseases by clearing the airways and enhancing the movements of the respiratory tract.
  • It has an anti-diabetic effect as it helps reduce high blood sugar levels in the blood.
  • It helps to calm the mind and improves sleep quality.
Dried ginger Naagaram Zingiber officinalis 
  • It is unctuous and hot in potency with a pungent taste but becomes sweet after digestion. It is an aphrodisiac and balances Vata and Kapha.
  • It improves the ability to taste and promotes digestion. Relieves cough cold and other respiratory problems. It is not a laxative, rather causes constipation.

Details of the manufacturing 

Aadareesahacharadi kashayam has four ingredients. There is no explanation of the ratio in the sloka but usually, Adari, Sahachara, Suradaru, and naagara are taken in 3:3:2:1 ratio. All these ingredients should be washed well and dried up in the shade.

Take the prescribed herbs in dried & crushed form in an earthen pot. For your special attention, Naagara should be crushed and tied up separately in a white clean cotton cloth as a Potali. This is to prevent the excess dissolution of the contents and to maintain the exact consistency of the kashayam. Now add 16 times clean water into it. Make it boil and then cook in the open vessel with low fire. Reduce the quantity to one by eighth of the initial quantity. Make sure to mix it in between with a ladle without breaking the potli. Also, the fire should be kept low to make sure that all the active ingredients in the herbs needed are absorbed well into the water. Once the quantity is reduced to one by eighth of the initial amount of water, remove the vessel from the fire. Squeeze and drain through a clean white cloth. Collect the decoction in a clean vessel and discard the solid waste. Drink the mild warm decoction.

Dosha Dooshya Predominance with roga margas .

Adarisahacharadi kashayam is Vaata kapha hara. It acts on madhyama rogamarga

Dosage and Usage of Adari sahacharadi kashayam

Dosage: two Pala.

Usage: Kashayam is advised to take in an empty stomach, once the ingested food is digested well and aahaararasa is formed well. Usage of kashayam with prescribed prakshepadravyas according to the condition of the disease and the patient gives the best results mostly.

  • Like sahacharadi kashayam, Adarisahacharadi kashayam also is advised as TAILAVIMISRITAM that is, to be given with Tailam which is the best to reduce Vaata. It can be either medicated oils like balataila or sahacharadi taila or plain sesame oil itself.

Exercises and Yoga.

Adarisahacharadi kashayam targets mainly the locomotory and nervous systems. However vigorous exercises are not allowed in painful conditions.

Only stretching, moderate walking, and mild cardio exercises are advised. Also, specific yogacharya including bhujangaasana, salabhasana, vajrasana is recommended. Caution must be there to consider the range of movement and flexibility.

Regular exercise helps improve the bioavailability of the medicine and food ingested and leads to positive health.

Yoga can maintain harmony within the body and with the surrounding system.

  • Salabhasana
  • vajrasana
  • Bhujangasana
  • sciatic pain- exercises
  • Exercises for leg pain

All the exercises and physical exertions must be decided and done under the supervision of a medical expert only.

Recommended diet and behaviour

Diet:

To be avoided

  • Heavy meals and difficult-to-digest foods – cause indigestion. junk foods- cause disturbance in digestion and reduces the bioavailability of the medicine
  • Carbonated drinks – make the stomach more acidic and disturb digestion
  • Refrigerated and frozen foods – causes weak and sluggish digestion by weakening Agni (digestive fire)
  • Milk and milk products – increase kapha and cause respiratory problems.
  • Curd – causes vidaaha and thereby many other diseases

To be added

  • Light meals and easily digestible foods
  • Green gram, soups, sesame oil.
  • Freshly cooked and warm food processed with cumin seeds, ginger, black pepper, ajwain, etc .

Behaviour:

  • Protect yourself from a cold climate.
  • Better to avoid exposure to excessive sunlight wind rain or dust.
  • Avoid lifting heavy weights and other vigorous physical activities.
  • Maintain a regular food and sleep schedule. Avoid holding or forcing the urges like urine, faeces, coughing, sneezing, etc.
  • Avoid climbing stairs.

Side effects and contraindications

  • No known side effects reported .

Classical references with images of the text.

SHASRAYOGAM VAATAROGA SHLOKA 1

 Equivalent medicines.

Ashtavargam kashayam in sahasrayogam

Brands Available

  • Vaidyaratnam
  • Oushadhasala

Research papers

Adari

https://ijpsr.com/bft-article/anti-inflammatory-activity-of-the-aerial-parts-extacts-of-caesalpinia-mimosoides-lamk/?view=fulltext#:~:text=mimosoides%20showed%20significant%20anti%2Dinflammatory,compared%20with%20the%20other%20extracts .

Anti-oxidant property of sahacharadi kashayam

Sahachara Acute and chronic inflammation