Witnessed by: Ayurveda
Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum), of the Oleaceae family. Scrambling evergreen shrub or climber with pinnate leaves and white salver-shaped flowers; native range: South Asia and the Arabian peninsula through north-east Africa; cultivated across India and the warm Old World. Globally recognized as jātī · mālatī · sumanā in Sanskrit, chameli, juhi in Hindi, jathi malli in Tamil, and Spanish jasmine, royal jasmine, jati in English. The part used is flower and leaf (the leaf chief in the wound-oils); root. White star-flowers that open after dusk with a heavy sweet perfume; the leaf bitter and astringent on chewing.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
SPANISH JASMINE
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- Spanish jasmine
- Scientific name
- Jasminum grandiflorum L.
- Family
- Oleaceae
Form
- Part used
- flower and leaf (the leaf chief in the wound-oils); root
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Ayurveda
- bitter (tikta) · astringent (kashaya)
Temperature
- Ayurveda
- cooling (sheeta)
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Ayurveda
- vrana-shodhana and vrana-ropana (cleanses and heals wounds), mukhapaka-hara (heals mouth ulcers), kushthaghna (heals skin disease), krimighna (antiparasitic), chakshushya (good for the eyes), dantya (for the teeth and gums)
Cautions
- Contraindications
- the root is heating and stupefying in quantity and is not a domestic drug; caution in pregnancy
- Toxicity
- the leaf and flower are benign in ordinary use
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