English Name: Atis Root
Hindi Name: Atis
Sanskrit Name: Aruna, Ghunapriya, Visa
Latin Name: Aconitum heterophyllum Wall Pennell
A perennial erect herb with greenish-blue flower found wild in alpine and sub-alpine Himalayas. Root of the herb is used in Ayurveda.
Application
Roots contain intensely bitter alkaloid atisine, dihydroatisine, hetisined, heteratisine, acotinic acid, tannic acid, and pectinous substances. It has abundant starch, fat, and a mixture of oleic, palmitic, stearic glycerides.
Chemical composition
Roots contain intensely bitter alkaloid atisine, dihydroatisine, hetisined, heteratisine, acotinic acid, tannic acid, and pectinous substances. It has abundant starch, fat, and a mixture of oleic, palmitic, stearic glycerides.
Effect on dosha
Pacifies Kapha and Pitta.
