Information about Thiktakam / Tiktakam Kashayam Indication, Doses, Adverse effects, Ingredients, Ayurvedic Properties, Reference & Manufacturers

Tiktaka Kashayam is a concentrated decoction prepared out of natural herbal ingredients, which Consist of water soluble active principles.

Indication:  Effective blood purifier used in skin diseases, abscess, non healing ulcers, bleeding disorders, jaundice, piles, post herpetic neuralgia, epilepsy.

Dose : Kashayam  5 – 15 ml diluted with 15 –  45 ml of water twice daily before food or as directed by physician.

Side effects: No known side effects, over dose may induce gastric irritation. Use this medicine under medical supervision.

Ingredients: 

SI.NO Sanskrit name Botanical name
1 Patola Trichosanthes dioica
2 Nimba Azadirachta indica
3 Katuka Picrorhiza kurroa
4 Darvi Berberis aristata
5 Patha Cyclea peltata
6 Duralaba Tragia involucrata
7 Parpata Fumaria indica
8 Trayamana Gentiana kurroa
9 Trayanthi Lepidium iberis
10 Musta Cyperus rotundus
11 Bhunimba Andrographis paniculata
12 Kalinga(Indrayava) Holarrhena antidysenterica
13 Kana(Pippali) Pipper longum
14 Chandana Santalum album

Method of preparation: Herbal ingredients (coarse powder) 1 part boiled in 16 parts of water and reduced to 4 part.

Method  of Storage: stored in airtight container in dry place.

Ayurvedic Properties of Thiktakam / Tiktakam Kashayam :

Roga karma: Pittajakusta, visarpa, pidaka, daha, ruk, brahma, kandu, pandu, galaghanda, nadi vrana,apache, visphota, vidradi, gulma, shotha, unmade, madatyaya, hridroga, timira, vyanga, nadivrana, shwithra, kamala, bhagandara, apasmara, udara roga, pradara, garavisha, arshas, rakta pitta and all pitta pradhana rogas.

Dosha karma: Pittahara.

Agni  karma: Deepana.

Other Karma: Raktatushtihara, twachya and kledahara.

Reference:  Astangahradayam Kustachikitsa 19 (Ingredients of Tiktaka gritha).

Manufacturers: The Arya Vaidya Nilayam , Ashoka pharmaceuticals, Arya vaidya sala Kottakkal,   , Everest Ayurvedic Medicines, SNA Oushadhasala Pvt Ltd, Sitaram Ayurveda Pharmacy, Vaidyaratnam Oushadhasala,  Kearala Ayurveda Pharmacy Ltd, Nagarjuna Ayurvedic Group.

Warning: Do not take this product without the consent of your Ayurvedic Physician. The information here is only for the purpose of knowledge.