DATIWAN (ACHYRANTHES BIDENTATA )
Nepali Name: दतिवन, Datiwan
Scientific Name: Achyranthes bidentata
Hindi Name: चिरचिटा, Chirchita
Traditional Uses and Process of Use:
1. White Variety:
• Properties: Bitter, sharp, warming, purgative, stomachic.
• Indications: longing, ache in the belly, ascites, indigestion, infection.
• precise Uses:
• Seeds are beneficial in piles.
• Alleviates abdominal pain and itching.
• Relieves symptoms of indigestion and infection.
2. Red Variety:
• Properties: Pungent, chilling, emetic, constipating, alexipharmic.
• Indications: Colic.
• precise Uses:
• Dried herb is administered in colic.
• Exhibits chilling properties.
• Acts as an emetic and alexipharmic.
3. Roots:
• Uses: painful gullet, hypertension, amenorrhea, holding of placenta, carbuncles, distressing blemish, asthenia of organ and kidney, fatigue in the reduce atom of the ashes and legs, arthritic ache.
• precise Uses:
• Effective in sore gullet conditions.
• Manages hypertension.
• Aids in cases of amenorrhea and holding of placenta.
• Beneficial for carbuncles and distressing injuries.
• Addresses asthenia of the organ and kidney.
• Alleviates fatigue in the reduce atom of the ashes and legs.
• Provides comfort in arthritic ache.
