ChorakaDr.Vikas Saroch MD

Latin name – Angelica glauca Family – UMBELLIFERAE

Botanical origin

Sanskrit: Sleshmak, तस्कर Hindi: चो�र�

It is a herb growing upto 4m . Height. Its flowers are purple in colour. It grows at 800 – 1000 ft. in himalayas.

INTRODUCTION

The root occurs in small pieces , 2- 18 mm in diameter .

Externally greyish brown . Internally it shows a yellow porous radiating

wood with brown bark . Fracture is short and smooth. The odour is characteristically aromatic .

Diagnostic characters…

Root….

The root stock appears in smallvertical and thick pieces, 5 -20 cm long and 1.0 to 3.5 in diameter.

Externally yellowish to greyish brown in colour .

Fracture is hard and fibrous.

Cont….

Isoimperatorin Prangplarin Angeolide Angelicolide Archangelin Oxypeucedanin

Chemical constituents….

Rasa –katu ,tikta Guna – laghu , ruksha Virya – usna Vipaka – katu Karma – kapha vata hara , hrdya ,

sanjnasthapaka

Properties…..

Vrana Krmi Kustha Kandu

Angelica is used for asthma, bronchitis, anaemia, coughs, indigestion, arthritis and colds. Locally the roots are useful for cancer .

Indications

Rasnadi curna Mahapaisacika ghrita……

DOSE : powder 1 – 3 gm

Formulations..

Choraka is a controversial drug , which has been considered under Granthiparna bheda.

Some experts have regarded CHORAKA and STHUNEYAKA as the same plant.

Granthiparna is an aromatic plant and Sthuneyaka is only slightly aromatic .

Controversial drug….