Daruharidra, Berberis aristata also known as the Indian barberry is one of the best Ayurveda herbs which correct the metabolism, improves the liver function and nourishes the skin on deeper levels.
Daruharidra corrects the metabolism it is very useful in all health problems related with liver; it maintains cholesterol in healthy limits and have a preventive role in diabetes mellitus and related problems. Daruharidra is a nature anti dote for toxicities. It also rejuvenates the eyes and prevents formation of opacities in eyes.
Effect on Doshas: Daruharidra has Kapha and Pitta specifying effect on the other hand aggravates the Vata dosha.
Description: An evergreen shrub growing to 3.5m at a medium rate. It is hardy to zone 6 and is not frost tender. It is in leaf all year, in flower in May. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile. We rate it 4 out of 5 for usefulness.
Cultivation details:
Prefers a warm moist loamy soil and light shade but it is by no means fastidious, succeeding in thin, dry and shallow soils. Grows well in heavy clay soils.
The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires dry or moist soil.
Plants are very hardy, they survived the severe winters of 1986-1987 without problems in most areas of Britain[K].
Plants can be pruned back quite severely and resprout well from the base.
The fruits are sometimes sold in local markets in India.
Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus. Most plants cultivated under this name are B. chitria., B. coriaria., B. glaucocarpa. and, more commonly, B. floribunda.
Propagation:
Seed – best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame, it should germinate in late winter or early spring. Seed from over-ripe fruit will take longer to germinate. Stored seed may require cold stratification and should be sown in a cold frame as early in the year as possible. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse or cold frame for at least their first winter. Once they are at least 20cm tall, plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. The seedlings are subject to damping off, so be careful not to overwater them and keep them well ventilated.
Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in a frame. Very difficult, if not impossible.
Cuttings of mature wood of the current season’s growth, preferably with a heel, October/November in a frame . Very difficult, if not impossible.
Edible Uses:
Fruit - raw or cooked. A well-flavoured fruit, it has a sweet taste with a blend of acid, though there is a slight bitterness caused by the seeds. The fruit is much liked by children. It is dried and used like raisins in India. The fruit contains about 2.3% protein, 12% sugars, 2% ash, 0.6% tannin, 0.4% pectin. There is 4.6mg vitamin C per 100ml of juice.The fruit is about 7mm x 4mm – it can be up to 10mm long. Plants in the wild yield about 650g of fruit in 4 pickings.
Flower buds - added to sauces.
Composition:
Fruit (Fresh weight) :In grammes per 100g weight of food:Protein: 2.3 Carbohydrate: 12 Ash: 2
Other Uses:A yellow dye is obtained from the root and the stem. An important source of dyestuff and tannin, it is perhaps one of the best tannin dyes available in India.
The wood is used as a fuel.
Medicinal Uses
Alterative; Antibacterial; Antiperiodic; Bitter; Cancer; Deobstruent; Diaphoretic; Laxative; Ophthalmic; Tonic.
The dried stem, root bark and wood are alterative, antiperiodic, deobstruent, diaphoretic, laxative, ophthalmic and tonic (bitter). An infusion is used in the treatment of malaria, eye complaints, skin diseases, menorrhagia, diarrhoea and jaundice.
Berberine, universally present in rhizomes of Berberis species, has marked antibacterial effects. Since it is not appreciably absorbed by the body, it is used orally in the treatment of various enteric infections, especially bacterial dysentery]. It should not be used with Glycyrrhiza species (Liquorice) because this nullifies the effects of the berberine. Berberine has also shown antitumour activity.
As per Ayurveda:
It is tikta, katu, ushnaveerya; applied in the treatment of septic wounds and polyuria, pruritus, erysipelas and diseases of skin, eye and ear; antidotal
Parts used: Fruits, stem and root-bark.
Therapeutic uses:
Paste of root-bark finds external application for healing ulcers.
Extract prepared from root-bark is used as a local application in affected parts of the eyelids and in chronic ophthalmia.
The tincture of the root is used against intermittent fever and considered to be advantageous over quinine and cinchona since it does not produce deafness or cardiac depression.
The decoction is particularly useful in the enlargement of liver and spleen associated with malarial fever. It is also used for fever accompanied by diarrhoea.
Root combined with opium, rocksalt and alum is considered to be an useful anti-inflammatory agent.
In bleeding piles, application of powdered root mixed with butter is beneficial. “Rasauf’ of the rootprepared withis found useful in stomatitis and leucorrhoea.
Decoction of stem mixed with that of curcuma longa is recommended in’gonorrhoea.
Bark juice is useful in jaundice.
Fruits are edible and prescribed as a mild laxative for children.
Disclaimer:The information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.
Daruharidra corrects the metabolism it is very useful in all health problems related with liver; it maintains cholesterol in healthy limits and have a preventive role in diabetes mellitus and related problems. Daruharidra is a nature anti dote for toxicities. It also rejuvenates the eyes and prevents formation of opacities in eyes.
Effect on Doshas: Daruharidra has Kapha and Pitta specifying effect on the other hand aggravates the Vata dosha.
Description: An evergreen shrub growing to 3.5m at a medium rate. It is hardy to zone 6 and is not frost tender. It is in leaf all year, in flower in May. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile. We rate it 4 out of 5 for usefulness.
Cultivation details:
Prefers a warm moist loamy soil and light shade but it is by no means fastidious, succeeding in thin, dry and shallow soils. Grows well in heavy clay soils.
The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires dry or moist soil.
Plants are very hardy, they survived the severe winters of 1986-1987 without problems in most areas of Britain[K].
Plants can be pruned back quite severely and resprout well from the base.
The fruits are sometimes sold in local markets in India.
Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus. Most plants cultivated under this name are B. chitria., B. coriaria., B. glaucocarpa. and, more commonly, B. floribunda.
Propagation:
Seed – best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame, it should germinate in late winter or early spring. Seed from over-ripe fruit will take longer to germinate. Stored seed may require cold stratification and should be sown in a cold frame as early in the year as possible. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse or cold frame for at least their first winter. Once they are at least 20cm tall, plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. The seedlings are subject to damping off, so be careful not to overwater them and keep them well ventilated.
Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in a frame. Very difficult, if not impossible.
Cuttings of mature wood of the current season’s growth, preferably with a heel, October/November in a frame . Very difficult, if not impossible.
Edible Uses:
Fruit - raw or cooked. A well-flavoured fruit, it has a sweet taste with a blend of acid, though there is a slight bitterness caused by the seeds. The fruit is much liked by children. It is dried and used like raisins in India. The fruit contains about 2.3% protein, 12% sugars, 2% ash, 0.6% tannin, 0.4% pectin. There is 4.6mg vitamin C per 100ml of juice.The fruit is about 7mm x 4mm – it can be up to 10mm long. Plants in the wild yield about 650g of fruit in 4 pickings.
Flower buds - added to sauces.
Composition:
Fruit (Fresh weight) :In grammes per 100g weight of food:Protein: 2.3 Carbohydrate: 12 Ash: 2
Other Uses:A yellow dye is obtained from the root and the stem. An important source of dyestuff and tannin, it is perhaps one of the best tannin dyes available in India.
The wood is used as a fuel.
Medicinal Uses
Alterative; Antibacterial; Antiperiodic; Bitter; Cancer; Deobstruent; Diaphoretic; Laxative; Ophthalmic; Tonic.
The dried stem, root bark and wood are alterative, antiperiodic, deobstruent, diaphoretic, laxative, ophthalmic and tonic (bitter). An infusion is used in the treatment of malaria, eye complaints, skin diseases, menorrhagia, diarrhoea and jaundice.
Berberine, universally present in rhizomes of Berberis species, has marked antibacterial effects. Since it is not appreciably absorbed by the body, it is used orally in the treatment of various enteric infections, especially bacterial dysentery]. It should not be used with Glycyrrhiza species (Liquorice) because this nullifies the effects of the berberine. Berberine has also shown antitumour activity.
As per Ayurveda:
It is tikta, katu, ushnaveerya; applied in the treatment of septic wounds and polyuria, pruritus, erysipelas and diseases of skin, eye and ear; antidotal
Parts used: Fruits, stem and root-bark.
Therapeutic uses:
Paste of root-bark finds external application for healing ulcers.
Extract prepared from root-bark is used as a local application in affected parts of the eyelids and in chronic ophthalmia.
The tincture of the root is used against intermittent fever and considered to be advantageous over quinine and cinchona since it does not produce deafness or cardiac depression.
The decoction is particularly useful in the enlargement of liver and spleen associated with malarial fever. It is also used for fever accompanied by diarrhoea.
Root combined with opium, rocksalt and alum is considered to be an useful anti-inflammatory agent.
In bleeding piles, application of powdered root mixed with butter is beneficial. “Rasauf’ of the rootprepared withis found useful in stomatitis and leucorrhoea.
Decoction of stem mixed with that of curcuma longa is recommended in’gonorrhoea.
Bark juice is useful in jaundice.
Fruits are edible and prescribed as a mild laxative for children.
Disclaimer:The information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.
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