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Market namePhal gullar
Formal nameUdumbara
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Gular (T), Jagyadumur (B), Gular (H), Atthimara (K), Atthi (M), Atthi (Te), Atthi (Ta)
English nameGular Fig, Cluster Fig, Country Fig
Original plant nameFicus glomerata Roxb. (= Ficus racemosa Linn.), Gular Fig, Cluster Fig, Country Fig
Family nameMoraceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification fruit
Collection informationIndia, New Delhi, Hans Raj & Sons
Collection date1991/05/07
CollectorTsuneo Namba, et al.
TMPW No.12093

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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name		Udumbara (Fruits), Gular Fig, Cluster Fig, Country Fig
SynonymsSadaphala, Puspaphala, Kilota, Sitavalkala, Yajnanga, Hemadugdha, Ksiravrksa, Udumbara, Jantuphala, Kalaskandha, Yajnapriya, Yajniya, Supratisthita, Jantuphala, Puspasunya, Pavitraka, Saumya, Sitaphala, Manusamjna
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Original plant nameFicus glomerata Roxb. (= Ficus racemosa Linn.)
Family nameMoraceae
Used partFruits, Bark
Distribution areaThroughout India, also planted.
RemarksCommon.
Common usesFriuts are astringent, stomachic, carminative and given in menorrhagia, haemoptysis/hemoptysis, urinary diseases, ulcers and skin diseases.
Therapeutic usesMurccha (loss of consciousness), Trsna (thirst), Sopha (swelling), Meha (diabetic types), Chardi (vomiting), Pradara (menorrhagia), Asrasruti (bleeding), Grahani (irritable bowels)
Chemical constituentOthers
Fruit is rich in calcium, zinc, protein (4.8%).

Pharmacological effectFresh whole fruits are used as a source of dietary fiber, which exhibited significantly greater hypocholestereomic action than pure cellulose. Lignin (the main fiber constituent) to some extent, prevented the rise in serum cholesterol levels.
Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
Traditional conceptRasa (Taste)Madhura (Sweet)
Virya (Potency)Sita (Cold)
Guna (Quality)Ruksa (Dry), Guru (Heavy)
Karma
(General action)		Garbhasandhanakrt (foetus stabilising), Vranasodhana (purifying the wounds), Ropana (healing), Varnya (good for complexion), Krmikrt (creates worms), Bhagnasandhanakrt (Fracture healing)
Dosakarma
(Action on dosa)		Decreases Pitta Kapha
Dhatukarma(Action
on body tissues)		Asra (blood), Mamsavrddhikara (increasing muscular tissue)
Traditional usage1. Juice of pounded fruit should be taken in bleeding.

2. Paste of ripe fruits of Udumbara (Ficus glomerata), Gambhari (Gmelia arborea), Haritaki (Terminalia chebula), Kharjura (dates) and Draksa (grapes) separately mixed with honey should be taken to alleviate internal haemorrhage/hemorrhage.

3. In epistaxis, the ripe fruits of Udumbara mixed with jaggery or honey is useful.

4. Tender leaves of Vata (Ficus benghalensis), Udumbara, Asvattha (Ficus religiosa), Plaksa (Ficus lacour), Lotus etc., are astringent, checking and cold and as such useful in diarrhoea/diarrhea caused by Pitta.

5. Leaf buds of Vata, Udumbara and Asvattha are pounded and then kept in hot water for 24 hours. With this infusion ghee is cooked and taken after mixing 1/2 sugar and 1/4 honey. It checks haemorrhage be it upwards or downwards.

6. The patient of sprue like syndrome should eat tender fruits of Udumbara steamed and then mixed with curd.

7. To pacify excessive digestive fire one should take the paste of Udumbara mixed with woman's breast milk or payasa (rice milk) prepared with the above two.

8. Ash of Udumbara bark mixed with honey and ghee controls hiccough.

9. Juice of decoction of ripe fruit of Udumbara mixed with sugar alleviates thirst particularly caused by Pitta.

10. Udumbara fruit rubbed in an iron vessel with women's breast milk and fumigated with Sami (Prosopis cineraria) leaves mixed with ghee removes burning, pain, redness, lachrymation and tingling sensation.

11. The woman suffering from menometrorrhagia should take juice of the fruits of Udumbara mixed with honey keeping on diet of milk and sugar.

12. Powdered red rice should be given with decoction of Udumbara fruits sweetened with sugar and honey to check miscarriage.

13. In slimy and lax vagina, oil pressed out of sesamum impregnated six times with Udumbara latex and cooked with decoction of the same should be kept in Vagina.

14. External application of latex of Udumbara on the boils subside them.
FormulationUdumbarasara, Nalpamaradi taila, Nalpamaradi kasayam
CommentsRoots are astringent, rough. This is included in the Mutrasamgrahaniya, Kasayaskandha groups of drugs by Caraka, Nyagrodhadi by Susruta and Ksirivrksa and Pancavalkala by Bhavaprakasa.
ReferencesReference book　

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The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol I, Ed. I, 1989. Govt. of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Dept. of Health, New Delhi
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Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore
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Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi
Vol. 2, pp 666-668.

Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi
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