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KOKILAKSHAKAM KASHAYAM- Benefits, Ingredients, Indications, Dosage, Side effects, Exercises, Diet, Research papers

Kokilakshakam kashayam is an Ayurvedic medicine for rheumatoid arthritis and associated ailments.

Benefits of Kokilakshakam kashayam

It is beneficial in conditions like pain and stiffness in the small joints with redness and swelling.

In rheumatoid arthritis it is used to heal the inflammation and improve the function of the affected joints.

It is said that, a person who follows the Pathya (dietary regimen) gets relief in 21 days.

Indications of Kokilakshakam kashayam

Vaatarakta         -Rheumatoid arthritis.

 Ingredients of Kokilakshakam kashayam

Marsh barbel Kokilakshaka Asteracantha longifolia (L.)/ Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine.

It has various medicinal properties such as anticancer, hypoglycemic, aphrodisiac, antimicrobial, antioxidant, lipid peroxidation, hepatoprotective and hematopoietic activity.

Heart leaved moonseed Guduchi

 

Tinospora cordifolia (WILLD.) HOOK.F. & THOMS

It is effective anti-ulcer drug in action. It is a well-known anti-oxidant and has significant anti-inflammatory property.

AS ANUPANA/PRAKSHEPADRAVYA-TO BE TAKEN MIXED WITH THE KASHAYA

Kana/Pippali

 Details of the manufacturing

 Kokilakshakam kashayam has two ingredients.

Both these ingredients should be taken fresh and washed well. If not available as fresh herb, take dried form.

Take the prescribed herbs in equal quantity. Cut and crush them into an earthen pot. Now add 16 times clean water into it. Make it boil and then cook in the open vessel with low fire. Reduce the quantity into one by eighth of the initial quantity. Make sure to mix it in between with a wooden spatula. Also, the fire should be kept low to make sure that all the active ingredients in the herbs 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 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.

Kokilakshakam kashayam is Pitta kaphahara.

It acts on madhyama and bahir-rogamarga

 Dosage and Usage of Kokilakshakam kashayam

Dosage: two Pala.

Usage:

Kashayam is advised to take in 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 disease and the patient gives the best results mostly.

Here the prakshepadravya is Kana/Pippali.

Exercises and Yoga.

Kokilakshakam kashayam targets mainly joints. 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. Range of movement and flexibility must be considered while doing every exercise.

Sookshma sandhi vyayama (warming up small joints) is advised.

Regular exercise helps improve 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

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 – makes the stomach more acidic and disturbed 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.

freshly cooked and warm food processed with cumin seeds, ginger, black pepper, ajwain etc

 Behaviour:

Better to avoid exposure to cold.

Avoid sedentary lifestyle as it is one of the main causes of rheumatoid arthritis.

Maintain a regular food and sleep schedule.

Avoid holding or forcing the urges like urine, faeces, cough, sneeze etc.

Avoid climbing of stairs.

Side effects and contraindications

No known side effects reported

 Classical references

BHAISHAJYRATNAVALI VATARAKTA ADHIKARA SHLOKA 13

 Equivalent medicines.

Amrthotharam kashayam

Rasnasunthyadi kashayam

Brands Available

AVS Kottakal

AVN madurai

AVP Coimbatore

Vaidyaratnam oushadhasala

Kerala Ayurveda

Sitaram Ayurveda

Research papers

Kokilaksha

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330180179_Ethnopharmacolological_potential_and_medicinal_uses_of_Hygrophila_auriculata

GUDUCHI ANTI OXIDANT AND ANTI INFLAMMATORY

The objective of the present work is to study the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect of alcoholic and water extracts of T. cordifolia (Willd.) Miers leaves in activated human monocytic THP-1 cells.

  1. cordifolia (Willd.) Miers extracts exhibited significant amounts of total phenolic and flavonoid content, and LC-MS/MS analyses detected tinosponone, a TC-specific clerodane-derived diterpene. Both types of extracts attenuated AA-induced ROS generation via enhancing catalase enzyme activity in THP-1 cells. Real time PCR and ELISA experiments revealed that the elevated levels of LPS-induced TNF-α was remarkably attenuated in THP-1 cells pretreated with T. cordifolia (Willd.) Miers extracts. Western blot and confocal microscopy showed that the alcoholic extract’s anti-inflammatory activity by attenuating NF-κB translocation into the nucleus in LPS-activated THP-1 cells via the inhibition of IκB degradation in the cytosol.

The findings suggest that T. cordifolia (Willd.) Miers dry leaf extracts possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties via upregulation of antioxidant enzymes and attenuation of NF- κB nuclear translocation in activated human monocytic (THP-1) cells.

doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2019.152831.

 

 

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Dr. Rajesh Nair
Licensed Ayurvedic doctor focused on providing individual Ayurvedic consultation services. Specialized in work related stress, Womens’ issues, diabetes, Pecos, arthritis, male and female sexual problems and infertility. Interested in academic work as well. Now working with www.ayurvedaforall.com as senior consultant, Ayurveda.

Dr. Rajesh Nair

Licensed Ayurvedic doctor focused on providing individual Ayurvedic consultation services. Specialized in work related stress, Womens’ issues, diabetes, Pecos, arthritis, male and female sexual problems and infertility. Interested in academic work as well. Now working with www.ayurvedaforall.com as senior consultant, Ayurveda.

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