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Crude drug name | Market name | Bahar doda |
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| Formal name | Plaksa | |
Other names Tips！ | Pakar, Pakur (B), Pakar, Khabar, Pilkhan (H), Juvi, Cari (K), Itti (M), Juvi (Te), Icchi (Ta) | |
| Original plant name | Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham. (= Ficus infectoria Roxb.) | |
| Family name | Moraceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | fruit |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 12252 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Plaksa | ||
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| Original plant name | Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham. (= Ficus infectoria Roxb.) | |||
| Family name | Moraceae | |||
| Used part | Fruits | |||
| Distribution area | Plains and lower hills throughout India. | |||
| Remarks | Common. | |||
| Common uses | This drug is acrid, pungent and cooling and is useful in diseases of the blood and the vagina, ulcers, burning sensation, biliousness, inflammations, leprosy, hallucinations and loss of consciousness. Fruit is sour; seeds are useful in bronchitis, scabies, biliousness, boils and inflammation. | |||
| Therapeutic uses | Vrana (wounds), Yoniroga (vaginal disorders), Daha (burning sensation), Raktapitta (bleeding disorders), Murccha (unconsciousness), Pralapa (incoherent speech), Bhrama (mental instability) | |||
| Chemical constituent | Fatty acids related compounds Methyl ricinolate (*C6) Triterpenoids Alpha-Amyrin (*C1) ), Lanosterol (*C6) Sterols Stigmasterol (*C1), beta-Sitosterol (*C6), Lanosterol (*C6) Steroid saponins & Sapogenins Stigmasterol-3-O-beta-D-glucoside (*C1) Flavones & Flavonols Kaempferol-3-O-beta-D-glucoside (*C1), Quercetin-3-O-beta-D-glucoside (*C1), 6-Hydroxykaempferol-7-O-beta-D-glucoside (*C1), Quercetin-3-O-beta-D-rutinoside (*C1), Sorbifolin-6-O-[alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1→2)-beta-D-glucopyranoside] (*C3), Scutellarein-6-O-beta-glucoside (*C3), Scutellarein-6-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→2)-beta-D-galactopyranoside (*C4), Luteolin 6-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside 3’-O-alpha-L-rhamnoside (Infectoriin) (*C5). Coumarins Bergapten (*C1, *C2), Bergaptol (*C2) Other aromatic compounds Benzyl-glucoside (*C1) Phenol derivatives Caffeic acid (*C6), Bergenin (*C6) | |||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Kasaya (Astringent) | ||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | |||
| Guna (Quality) | Guru (Heavy), Ruksa (Dry) | |||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Katu (Pungent) | |||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha, Pitta | |||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Asra (blood) | |||
| Traditional usage | 1. Lump of the powdered bark of Plaksa (Ficus lacor) mixed with honey should be kept in lubricated vagina. Similarly the same of Lodhra (Symplocos racemosa), Priyangu (Callicarpa macrophylla) and Madhuka (Madhuca longifolia) also can be used in the same way. 2. Tender leaves of Plaksa, Vetasa (Salix caprea) etc, and also Tanduliya (Amaranthus spinosus) etc. are wholesome as vegetable. 3. Barks of Plaksa, Sallaki (Boswellia serrata) and Tinisa (Ougenia oojeinensis) are pounded with milk, mixed with honey and then taken. It checks blood. 4. Cold paste of the tender leaves and bark mixed with profuse ghee should be applied in erysipelas. 5. Paste of the bark of the above drugs mixed with ghee forms an excellent antiinflammatory agent. 6. Decoction of above drugs and Kadamba (Anthocephalus cadamba), Karavira (Nerium indicum), Arka (Calotropis procera) and Kutaja (Holarrhena pubescens) promotes wound healing. | |||
| Comments | This is included in Mutrasamgrahaniya, Kasayaskandha groups by Caraka, Nyagrodhadi by Susruta and Ksirivrksa by Bhavaprakasa | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 3 (Repr.1996), p 33. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement p 119. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 377. Indian Medicinal Plants (Second Edition), Vols. 1-5, 1993. Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu. B.D., Periodical Experts Book Agency, Delhi Vol. 3, pp 2319-2320. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay p 543. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 746. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 670-671. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 257. | ||
| Research paper | *C1 Backheet, E. Y., Ahmed, A. S. and Sayed, H. M.; Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assiut University, 24, 21-27 (2001). *C2 Swami, K. d., Bisht, N. P. S.; J. Indian Chem. Soc., 73, 631 (1996). *C3 Jain, N. and Yadava, R. N.; Fitoterapia, 65, 94 (1994). *C4 Jain, N., Ahmad, M., Kamil, M. and Ilyas, M.; J. Chem. Res., Synopses, (8), 218-19 (1991). *C5 Jain, N., Ahmad, M., Kamil, M. and Ilyas, M.; J. Chem. Res., Synopses, (12), 396-97 (1990). *C6 Swami, K. D., Malik, G. S. and Bisht, N | |||
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