SOOTASHEKHAR (SADHA) 60TAB BY AYURVED RASASHALA :

Sootashekhar (sadha) (also spelled as Sutshekhar Rasa) is an important medicine used in ayurveda, which acts on PITTA DOSHA and reduces symptoms like heartburn, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, epigastric tenderness, hiccup, fever, breathing troubles, headache etc.

PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIONS

Sutshekhar Ras can be given when PITTA is associated with AMA (toxins), the condition is called SAMAPITTA. The signs of SAMAPITTA are:

• Heartburn (burning sensation in the chest)
• Burning sensation in the throat
• Acid Reflux
• Foul smell
• Heaviness (mainly associated with other symptoms of Pitta aggravation)
• Headache with burning sensation and pain increases with head massage or pressure on the head, feeling of tenderness in head when pressed

Sutshekhar Ras is effective in all conditions in which these symptoms appear. It reduces TIKSHNA (Sharp or Penetrating power) and AMAL (Sourness) qualities of Pitta Dosha. Secondly, it also acts on VATA DOSHA and helps in all diseases occurring due to aggravation of Vata and Pitta together.

Medicinal Properties

1. Aam Pachak (Detoxifier)
2. Carminative
3. Digestive Stimulant
4. Antiulcerogenic
5. Antacid
6. Cholagogue (promotes the discharge of bile)
7. Antispasmodic
8. Cardioprotective
9. Antianginal
10. Antiarrhythmic
11. Neuroprotective
12. Anti-inflammatory
13. Antioxidant
14. Febrifuge
15. Antitussive
16. Anticonvulsant
17. Antidepressant

Therapeutic Indications

Sutshekhar Ras is helpful in following health conditions.

• Indigestion or Dyspepsia
• Excess acid formation in the stomach
• Gastritis
• Peptic Ulcer
• Heartburn with burning sensation or linked with vertigo
• Abdominal pain
• Burning sensation in the abdomen
• Vertigo
• Headache
• Migraine
• Nausea and vomiting
• Motion sickness (nausea or vomiting during travelling)
• Dry Cough (Vata and Pitta type of cough)
• Irritable bowel syndrome linked with Pitta aggravation
• Diarrhea with burning sensation
• Sour taste of mouth or sour throat
• Hiccup
• Poor appetite linked with indigestion or dyspepsia
• Fever (as antipyretic for high grade fever)
• Restlessness
• Insomnia
• Schizophrenia linked with Pitta aggravation
• Hepatitis – all types (also very useful in hepatitis B and C)
• Tachycardia (increased heart rate)
• Somniloquy (sleep-talking)
• Convulsions

Benefits & Medicinal Uses

As per above list, Sutshekhar Ras has wide range of indications. Its main action is on Pitta and Vata dosha and can be used in all diseases with aggravation of Pitta and Vata that are related with following organs:

1. All organs of abdomen – stomach, liver, small intestine, large intestine, colon, pancreas, spleen, and gall bladder.
2. Heart and blood vessels
3. Brain and nerves
4. Lungs

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