Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Apamarga |
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| Formal name | Apamaraga | |
Other names Tips！ | Chirchira (T), Apang (B), Apang, Chichra, Latjira (H), Uttarani (K), Katalati, Vankatalati (M), Apamargamu (Te), Nayuruvi, Katalati (Ta), Puthkanda (Himachal Pradesh), Karalsebo, Gaskaralheba (Sin), Apamarg (N) | |
| English name | Prickly Chaff-flower | |
| Original plant name | Achyranthes aspera Linn., Prickly Chaff-flower | |
| Family name | Amaranthaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | aerial part |
| Collection information | India, Bangalore, Karnataka , Amruth Kesari Depot, Bangalore | |
| Collection date | 2002/5/31 | |
| Collector | Hirotoshi Fushimi | |
| TMPW No. | 21507 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Apamarga (Leaves, stem, root), Chaff flower, Snakes Tail, Prickly Chaff-flower | ||||
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| Original plant name | Achyranthes aspera Linn. | |||||
| Family name | Amaranthaceae | |||||
| Used part | Leaves, stem and root, Fruits | |||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India along road sides and waste lands as well as on hills upto 900 m altitude. | |||||
| Common uses | The drug is pungent, astringent, pectoral, diuretic, emmenagogue, and is used in piles, skin eruptions, pneumonia, liver complaints, rheumatism, scabies and other skin diseases and renal dropsy. Juice of the plant is reported to be used in ophthalmia and dysentery. In large doses, however, the decoction or juice acts as an ecbolic. Ash of the plant is used in dropsy, asthma and as a remedy for cough. Leaves are used as a cure for gonorrhoea/gonorrhea and excessive perspiration; their extract, called `Achyrol', for leprosy, and the heated sap for tetanus. Roots are astringent, their paste is applied to wounds as an haemostatic/hemostatic. A decoction of the roots is used for stomach troubles, and an aqueous extract for stones in the bladder. Flowers, ground and mixed with curd and sugar, are given as a medicine for menorrhagia. Flower tops are stated to be employed for the treatment of rabies. Powdered seeds are soaked in butter-milk and given for biliousness. An alkaline powder of the plant is used to prepare Ksara sutra for treating fistula-in-ano. | |||||
| Pharmacological effect | Saponins on hydrolysis gave oleanolic acid, glucose, galactose, rhamnose and xylose; and showed stimulant action on the myocardium of rat and also increased the phosphorylase activity of the heart, the effect being comparable to that of adrenaline. The saponins also caused significent increase in force of contraction of the isolated hearts of frog, guineapig and rabbit. Alcoholic and aqueous extracts of the leaves showed antibiotic action against Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus and Escherichia coli. Tablets, made from the paste of the plant with fruits of Piper longum Linn. in water, reported to cure effects of the bite of mad dog. The benzene extract of stembark showed significent abortifacient activity. Achyranthine, a water-soluble alkaloid, is reported to dilate the blood vessels, lower the blood-pressure, depress the heart, and increase the rate and amplitude of respiration. It also showed spasmodic effect on rectus muscle of frog, and diuretic and purgative action in albino rats. The oil showed antifungal activity against Aspergillus carneus. It is also used in veterinary medicine to expel placenta. A compound drug containing this plant as one of the ingredients proved efficaceous in the clinical recovery from paracetamol induced hepatopathy in goats. The benzene extract of the plant exhibited 100% abortifacient activity in rabbits at a dose of 50 mg/kg body weight; uterine stimulation in guinea pigs is also attributed to this plant. | |||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | |||||
| Remarks | The young leaves are eaten as a pot herb; also the plant is grazed by cattle and goats. Seeds are nutritious when cooked with milk and is a potential source of food; their chemical composition showed close similarity to that of Bengal gram. Varieties and habitat: The plant is very variable, and a few varieties have been recorded, of which Achyranthes aspera var. porphyristachya (Wall. ex Moq.) Hook.f. is the most important. The plant thrives best in the community of Cassia tora L. and Ruellia tuberosa L., and is also commonly found in shady places of the cultivated fields and chirpine plantations as a weed. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/01/11 | |||||
