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Market nameKamar kas
Formal namePalasa
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Kamarkas (gum) (T), Palas, Kamarkas (gum) (B), Chuniagond, Faras (H), Plasu (M), Paladalu (Te), Palas (Ta)
English nameFlame of the Forest, Bengal Kino
Original plant nameButea monosperma Kuntze, Flame of the Forest, Bengal Kino
Family nameLeguminosae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification gum
Collection informationIndia, New Delhi, Hans Raj & Sons
Collection date1991/05/07
CollectorTsuneo Namba, et al.
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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name		Palasa (Gum)　, Flame of the Forest, Bengal Kino
SynonymsTridala, Sisiraksaya, Krsnavrnta, Jvala, Raktapuspa, Tiktabijaka, Ekabijayata, Simbi, Triparna, Samiddhavan, Kimsukaparni, Yajnika, Raktapuspa, Ksarasrestha, Vatahara, Brahmavrksa, Bijasneha
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Original plant nameButea monosperma Kuntze
Family nameLeguminosae
Used partGum, Bark, Leaves, Flowers, Seeds/Fruit pieces
Distribution areaThroughout India.
RemarksCommon
Common usesThis drug is used internally in diarrhea, dysentery, phthisis and haemorrhage/hemorrhage from stomach and bladder. Fresh juice of Butea gum or Bengal kino is applied to ulcers and in relaxed, congested and septic sore throat. Gum is a powerful astringent. Its infusion is sometimes employed to cure local leucorrhoea/leucorrhea. A solution of the gum is useful in skin eruptions, bruises, ring worm, and inflammations.
Therapeutic usesVrana (wounds), Gulma (intestinal tumours/tumors), Gudajaroga (piles), Bhagnasandhana (fracture healing), Grahani (irritable bowels), Krmi (worms), Yoniruja (Vaginal pain)
Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
Traditional conceptRasa (Taste)Kasaya (Astringent), Katu (Pungent), Tikta (Bitter)
Virya (Potency)Usna (Hot)
Guna (Quality)Snigdha (Unctuous), Laghu (Light)
Vipaka
(Post digestive taste)		Katu (Pungent)
Karma
(General action)		Dipana (increasing digestive fire), Vrsya (aphrodisiacs), Bhagnasandhanakrt (fracture healing)
Dosakarma
(Action on dosa)		Decreases Vata Kapha
Mala
(Action on excretory mechanism)		Sara (laxative)
Avayava
(Action on organ)		Guda (rectum), Pliha (spleen), Yoni (Vagina)
Traditional usage1. Incase of burning sensation in fever, the tender leaves of Palasa (Butea monosperma), Badari (Ziziphus mauritiana) or Nimba (neem) should be pounded with sour gruel and this cold paste should be applied on the body to alleviate burning sensation in fever.

2. In diarrhoea/diarrhea, decoction of Palasa fruit mixed with milk should be given followed by intake of warm milk according to strength. By this impurity is eliminated and thus diarrhoea is checked.

3. Once should take ghee with the juice of Palasa plant cooled and mixed with honey or the same processed with juice of "Nyagrodhadi" (a group) drugs or simply ghee extracted of milk and added with sugar. This is beneficial for intrinsic haemorrhage/hemorrhage.

4. Ghee cooked with juice of Palasa petioles and the paste of same should be given with honey. It checks bleeding.

5. Flowers of Palasa mixed with sugar should be taken with milk. It checks intrinsic haemorrhage and also preserves the beauty of women.

6. In worm infestation, decoction of Palasa seed or paste of the same with rice water should be taken.

7. Decoction of Palasa seeds mixed with honey or paste of the same with buttermilk should be taken. It destroys worms.

8. Soup prepared with Palasa or Dhanyaka (coriander) mixed with sugar should be taken for colic.

9. Palasa seeds, Udumbara (Ficus glomerata) fruits and Marica (black pepper) taken together alleviates cough within three days.

10. Juice of Palasa roots mixed with oil of yellow mustard in equal quantity should be taken for filariasis.

11. In conjunctivitis caused by Pitta, flowers of Palasa should be rubbed with honey and used as collyrium.

12. Exudate of Palasa or Sallaki (Boswellia serrata) mixed with sugar and honey should be used as collyrium for conjunctivitis caused by Pitta.

13. Semisolid extract of Triphala* (a group of three fruits) or Palasa flowers or Apamarga (Achyranthes aspera) should be used as collyrium for "Pilla" (an eye disease).

14. Karanja (Pongamia pinnata) seeds impregnated many times with the juice of Palasa flowers are made into a wick. Its application as collyrium destroys corneal opacity.

15. In Pitta cataract, juice of Palasa, Rauhitaka (Tecoma undulata) and Madhuka (liquorice) mixed with honey and wine scum should be made into a semisolid extract and then used as collyrium.

16. For scorpion sting, Palasa seeds impregnated with Arka (Calotropis procera) latex should be made into paste and applied locally. It removes pain.

17. As rejuvenative, Palasa mixed with juice of Amalaka (Phyllanthus emblica) fruits, honey and ghee should be taken for a month. It makes old young.

18. Palasa seeds pounded finely and mixed with ghee and honey should be applied locally in vagina during season. It acts as a contraceptive.

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Triphala*, a group of three fruits, i.e., Amalaka, Bibhitaki, and Haritaki. It is beneficial for increasing appetite, improving eyesight, and treating chronic intermittent fever.
FormulationPalasabijadi curna, Palasaksara ghrta, Palasaksara taila
CommentsIts flower is sweet in post digestive effect, pungent and astringent, increasing Vata, pacifying Kapha, Pitta, blood disorders, urinary disorders and cold. It is also good for trt (thirst), daha (burning), vatarakta (arthritic conditions), skin diseases. Fruit is light, hot, and used in diabetic types, piles, worms and pacifying Vata and Kapha. In post digestive effect it is pungent and good for skin diseases, abdominal tumours/tumors, ascitic conditions. Seeds are pungent, unctuous, hot and good for worms and blood disorders. Root bark juice is good for eye diseases. Stem is used as a rejuvenative.

According to Raja nighantu, there are four types based on the flower colours. They are red, yellow, white, blue. The white one is the best. The tender leaves are good for worms and rheumatism.

Synonyms Tridala, Triparna denote its trifoliate character. Sisira ksaya may be owing to its deciduous nature in the late winter. Krsnavrnta - black pedicel, Raktapuspa - red flower, Tikta bija - bitter seed, Eka bija - pod containing only one seed, Samiddhavan, Yajnika - used in religious rites, Ksarasrestha - alkaline medicine is prepared from this, Vatahara, Vatapota - Pacifying rheumatic conditions, Bijasneha - oil content in seed.

This is included in Rodhradi, Muskakadi, Ambasthadi, Nyagrodhadi gana of Susruta.
ReferencesReference book　

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[2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras)
Vol. 1 (Repr.1996), pp 314-319.

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
pp 42-43.

Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
p 340.

Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay
p 222.

Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore
275.

Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi
Vol. 2, pp 406-409.

Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi
p 233.

RemarksGum is also used as a substitute for the genuine gum-kino obtained from Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.
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