Sukumaram Kashayam – Benefits, Usage, Indications and Dosage

Reference: Sahasrayoga, Kashayam yoga Prakarana

Sukumaram Kashayam (also spelled as Sukumar Kashaya) is a classical Ayurvedic medicine available in either decoction liquid form or concentrated extract tablet form. It is useful in treating various problems like menstrual pain, female health problems, and digestive problems.

Ingredients

  • Punarnava – Boerhavia diffusa
  • Bilwa – Aegle marmelos
  • Kasmari – Gmelina arborea
  • Patala – Stereospermum suaveolens
  • Syonaka – Oroxylum indicum
  • Agnimantha – Clerodendrum phlomidis
  • Prisniparni – Uraria picta
  • Shaliparni – Desmodium gangeticum
  • Kantakari – Solanum xanthocarpum
  • Bhadra – Acorus calamus
  • Gokshura – Tribulus terrestris
  • Payasya – Holostemma annulare
  • Ashwagandha – Withania somnifera
  • Eranda – Ricinus communis
  • Shatavari – Asparagus racemosus
  • Darbha – Desmostachya bipinnata
  • Kusa – Eragrostis cynosuroides
  • Sara – Saccharum spontaneum
  • Kasa – Imperata cylindrical
  • Ikshumoola – Saccharum officinarum (sugar cane root)
  • Potagala – Sphearanthus hirtus
  • Pippali – Piper longum (Long pepper)
  • Yasthimadhu – Glycyrrhiza glabra
  • Mridweeka – Vitis vinifera (Dry Grapes)
  • Yavani – Trachyspermum ammi
  • Shunthi – Zingiber officinale (Ginger)

How to Make?

Take equal quantity of all herbs and make fine powder and keep it overnight in water. Next day morning, heat it using water in mild fire till it reduces to 1/4th of quantity. Then filter it.

Dosage

Take 5 ml added with equal parts of water before food.

Indications

  • Severe pain during menstruation
  • Female Infertility
  • Membranous dysmenorrhea
  • Ovarian Cysts
  • Polycystic ovarian disease
  • Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
  • Secondary amenorrhea
  • Uterine fibroids or tumors
  • Abdominal distension
  • Abdominal pain or cramps
  • Acidity or Heartburn
  • Bloating
  • Chronic Gastritis
  • Chronic Constipation
  • Duodenal ulcer
  • Gas or flatulence
  • Indigestion or Dyspepsia
  • Intestinal spasm
  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Peptic ulcer
  • Hepatomegaly – liver enlargement
  • Splenomegaly – Spleen enlargement
  • Hernia

Side Effects

There are no known side effects.