ativisha :

Plant pacifies vitiated kapha and vata, dysentery, diarrhoea, stomach disorders, fever malarial fever, vomiting, helminthiasis, haemorrhoids, haemorrhages, internal inflammatory conditions and general debility. Usefull in children’s diseases.

Taxonomical Classification

VERNACULAR NAMES

English: Indian atees, Atis root, Aconite
Hindi: Atis
Malayalam: Atividayam

Synonyms

Synonyms in Ayurveda: ativisha, shrungi, virupa, pittadivallabha, shwetvaca, visha, madri, Ativishaa, Arunaa, Visha, Shuklakanda, Bhangura, Ghunapriya, Ghunavallabha, Kaashmira, Shishubhaishajya, Vishwaa.

Rasa: Kashaya Tikta
Guna: Laghu Ruksha
Veerya: Ushna

Cultivation:

Cultivated at Manali and Rahla in Himachal Pradesh. Also found in north western Himalayas at altitudes ranging from 2000 to 4000 m.

Phytochemistry:

The roots yield 0.79% of total alkaloids, of which atisin is 0.4%. Atisine is much less toxic than aconitine and pseudoaconitine. The plant possesses potent immunostimulant properties.

Parts used for medicinal purpose

Fruit, ,

Dosage:

Root - 0.6 - 2.08 g. (API)

Commercial value:

It is costly and most of the pharmacies do not use this in formulations

Geographical distribution:

An erect stemmed herbaceous plant grow upto 55 cm in height. Leaves more or less heteromorphous, varying shape and size; flowers in leafy panicle, blue or violet; fruits follicles, 16-18 mm long; seeds obpyramidal, blackish brown, angles more or less winged. Roots tuberous, whitish or grey, smooth, cross-section pure white in which 2-6 blackish vascular supplies are seen arranged in a discontinuous ring, cylindric-oblong or conic, upto 2.5 cm long and 0.5 - 1.5 cm thick; breaks very easily and tastes very bitter