A Pharmaceutical Review on Kaanji and Its Wide Range of Applicability

Kanji is mala bhedaka teekshna ushna pittavardhaka sheetala in Sparsha and shrama klamanashaka. Old kanji is good for hridroga, Pandu it is kriminashaka, agnivardhaka valipalitanashaka and dahakara, useful in vatavikara, Pittaja jwara, shoola adhmana and malashushkata.Apart from therapeutics, kanji also used in Preparation of medicinal drugs in Rasashastra for processing of many drugs like shodhana and also kanji is used as ingredient in various preparations for example in Laghuvishagarbha taila kanji is used as ingredient and also in the preparation of soota taila, also in the Rasalinga nirmana. Kanji used as a medicine both External and internal as dhanyamla dhaara, asthapana basti etc. In several Panchakarma procedures.Kanji has wide variety of usage and has got many alkaloids in it thus useful in many of the procedures and preparations though it seems to be a very simple and basic preparation in Rasashastra, Here, references of kanji from various texts of Rasashastra and its multiplicity usage is been briefly Put down in the article. Dr. Poojitha C D | Dr. Ravi R Chavan | Dr. Usha M "A Pharmaceutical Review on Kaanji and Its Wide Range of Applicability" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-1 , February 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd63447.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/ayurvedic/63447/a-pharmaceutical-review-on-kaanji-and-its-wide-range-of-applicability/dr--poojitha-c-d