BHARANGI
Botanical Name:- Clerodendrum serratum
Family :- Verbinaceae
भनक्ति रोगान् भर्गोऽ स्त्यस्मात् ति
बा।
भञ्जो आमर्दने । (भा.दी.)
Bharangi destroys all the diseases. It possess the potency of
Sun.
SYNONYMS
1. खरशाक:- खरंशाकः पत्रमस्याः ।
Leaves of Bharangi are rough.
2. पद्म:- पद्माभं पुष्पमस्याः ।
Flowers are red like that of lotus.
3. अङ्गारवल्ली:- अङ्गाराभवल्ली अस्य इति
अङ्गारवल्ली ।
When blossoms appears like Angara (Red hot coal).
4. ब्राह्मणी:- पवित्रत्वात् ब्राह्मणी
इति ।
Bharangi is very auspicious plant.
5. ब्राह्मणयष्टिका:- ब्राह्मणस्य
यष्टिरिव इति ।
तादृशप्रकाण्डत्वात् ।
Auspicious plant having the stem like that of Yasti.
Regional Names
• English - Glory bower
• Hindi - Bharangi
• Kannada- Gantu bhārangi
• Malayalam - Cherutekku
• Marathi- Bhārangi
DISCRIPTION IN CLASSICS
• Charaka:- Purisha Sangarahaniya mahakasaya
• Susruta :- Pippalyadi gana
• Bh.Pr. Ni:- Haritakadi varga
HABIT AND HABITAT
• It is a shrub grows up to 7 fit in hight.
• Stem is quadrangular in shapes.
• Leaves are opposite, big elliptical in shape , margins
are serrated, petiole are very sort.
• Flowers are numerous bracteate, blue in colour.
• Fruits are ovoid drupe 6mm long.
• Roots are hard cylindrical, gradually tapering 2 to 5
cm in diameter split longitudinally in to half.
External surface is dark brown in colour with small
beady warts and circular scars.
• Found all over india.
PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS
• Root bark- Contains-D-mannitol, y-Sitosterol,
Glucose, Stigmasterol, Traces of saponins,
serratagenic acid, oleanolic acid, queretaroic
acid, ẞ-sitosterol.
• Leaves- Yield-a-spinasterol, Catechin,
Luteolin, Apige nin, Baicalein, Scutellarein,
Caffeic acid, Ferulic acid, Arabi- nose &
glucuronic acid, Plantarenaloside and
euphroside.
Rasapanchaka
• Rasa- Katu, Tikta, Kasaya
• Guna- Ruksha, Laghu
• Vipaka- Katu
• Virya – Usna
Action on Dosha- Kapha vata samaka
Kaphara because of Usna virya, Katu vipaka and Katu,
Tikta, Kasaya rasa.
Vatahara because of its Usna veerya.
Karma (Action)
Swasahara, Kasahara, Pachana, Dipana, Sothahara,
Jwaraghna, Krmighna, Dahahara, Rucikara, Arsoghna.
Amayika prayoga (Therapeutic administration)1
1. Swasa (Bronchial asthma)
भाङ्गींनागरयोः कल्कं मरिचक्षारयोस्तथा
।
पीतगुचित्रकास्फोतामूर्वाणां चाम्बुना
पिबेत् ।।च.चि १७/११०
Paste prepared from Bharngi (Clerodendron serratum) and Nagara (Zingiber officinale) or
Maricha (Piper nigrum) and Yavaksara is taken with Kwatha of Pitadru (Berberis aristata),
Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Asphota (Hemidesmus indicus) and Murva (Marsedinia
tenacissima) is much beneficial in Swasa (Bronchial asthma).
लिह्यात् भार्की वा सर्पिर्मधुसमायुताम्
।सु.उ. ५१/३९
Paste of Bharngi (Clerodendron serratum) prepared with ghee and honey should be
given for licking in case of Swasa (Asthma).
2. Arsas (Piles)
राष एव भाङ्गास्फोतायवान्यामलकगुडूचीषु तक्र
कल्पः ।सु.चि. ६/१३
Butter milk processed with Bharangi (Clerodendron serratum), Asphota, Yava (Hordeum
vulgare), Amalaki (Emblica officinalis) and Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) is to be given for
• 3. Madatyaya (Alcoholism)
भाङ्गीं भृतेन च जलेन हितोऽवसेकः ।
सु.उ. ४७/३६
Decoction prepared from Bharngi (Clerodendron serratum) is used
to take bath. This will cure Madatyaya (Alcoholism)
Matra (Dose)
• Mula churna: 3-6 gm(Root powder)
Yoga (Formulations)
NAME INDICATIONS
Bharngyadı churna Sula, Angamarda
Bharngyadi kwatha Kapha jwara
Bharngyadi lehya Swasa
Bharngyadi sura Unmada
Dhanvantari ghrta Prameha
RESEARCH WORK
Anticancer activity
Aqueous and methanolic extracts of roots of Clerodendrum
serratum were used to study the anti-cancer activity in Swiss
albino mice. Mice were treated with the extracts (100 and 200
mg/kg/day per orally) respectively for 14 days. The
parameters studied were mean survival time, percentage
increase in life span, body weight, hematological parameters
like RBC, WBC and Hb, biochemical investigations viz.
ALAT, ASAT, Total protein. The study confirmed that the
methanolic extract of the roots of Clerodendrum serratum
exhibits anticancer activity at the dose of 100 and 200 mg/kg
body weight (Zalke et al. 2010)
Hepatoprotective activity
• The ethanol extract of Clerodendrum serratum roots and ursolic acid isolated
from it were evaluated for hepatoprotective activity against carbon
tetrachloride induced toxicity in male Wistar strain rats. The rats received 20
mg/kg/day per orally of ethanol extract and 10 mg/kg/day per orally of ursolic
acid concomitantly for 14 days. It revealed that the hepatoprotective activity
of constituent ursolic acid extracted from roots of Clerodendrum serratum is
significant as similar to the standard drug and showed more significant
hepatoprotective activity than crude extract (S.M Vidya et al. 2005).
• Another study was carried out with the aqueous and alcoholic
extract of the leaves of Clerodendrum serratum at the dose of 200
mg/kg per orally in Swiss albino mice. The results showed
significant decrease in liver weight and biochemical parameters
like ASAT, ALAT, SGOT, SGPT, ALP, Bilirubin.
Anti- pyretic activity
Rabbits were treated with the alcoholic extract of
roots of Clerodendrum serratum (50, 100, 200
mg/kg per orally). Paracetamol 100 mg/kg per
orally was used for comparison. The reduction in
pyrexia after Clerodendrum serratum administration
indicated the antipyretic activity of this plant. The
response at higher doses was almost comparable to
that of paracetamol (Narayanan et al, 1999)
Antifertility
In a preliminary screening, the 50 percent ethanolic
extract of the plant (excluding root) showed a
spermicidal activity in rats which was confirmed in
the fractionated extract. The extract at two percent
showed in vitro spermicidal activity in both rat and
human semen.
Analgesic activity
In this study analgesic effect of the ethanolic extract
of leaves of Clerodendrum serratum .Linn was
evaluated at the dose of 200 and 500 mg/kg by tail
flick method for seven days orally and standard group
rats were administered diclofenac sodium (10mg/kg
per orally) one hour before study on seventh day. The
drug showed significant analgesic activity when
compared to standard drug (Saha et al, 2012)
