Witnessed by: Ayurveda · Unani
Horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum), of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family. Slender trailing annual legume of dry ground with small yellow flowers; native range: tropical southern Asia — India and Southeast Asia; cultivated as a dryland pulse. Globally recognized as kulattha in Sanskrit, kulthi in Hindi, kulthi in Arabic, and horse gram, madras gram in English. The part used is seed. Small flattened seeds mottled brown to reddish; hard and astringent, drily pungent, with a mealy taste when cooked to a broth.
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.
HORSE GRAM
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- horse gram
- Scientific name
- Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.
- Family
- Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Form
- Part used
- seed
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Ayurveda
- astringent (kashaya)
- Unani
- astringent · acrid
Temperature
Ayurveda: heating (ushna)
Unani: hot (2nd degree, and dry)
convergence: both {witness_count} witnesses converge — a warming, drying, stone-dissolving pulse in each
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- Unani
- kidneys · bladder
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Ayurveda
- ashmari-bhedana (lithotriptic), mutrala (diuretic), grahi (bowel-binding), dipana (digestive), medohara (reducing fat) and kaphavatahara
- Unani
- mufattit-e-hasat (lithotriptic), mudir-e-baul (diuretic), muhallil (resolvent) and kasir-e-riyah (carminative)
Cautions
- Contraindications
- pitta disorders, bleeding tendencies, gout and raised uric acid, acidity, and pregnancy
- Toxicity
- raises uric acid; excess aggravates internal heat and bleeding
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