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Market namePatol patta
Formal namePatola
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Potol (B), Palval, Parvar (H), Patolam, Kaippanpatavalam (M), Kommupotla (Te), Kombupudalai (Ta)
Original plant nameTrichosanthes dioica Roxb.
Family nameCucurbitaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification stem + leaf
Collection informationIndia, New Delhi, Hans Raj & Sons
Collection date1991/05/07
CollectorTsuneo Namba, et al.
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Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name		Patola
SynonymsKulakanama, Rajiman, Karkasacchada, Kulaka, Rajiphala, Nalaphala, Kakavinduka, Tikta, Panduka, Panduphala, Rajeya, Amrtaphala, Bijagarbha, Pratika, Kusthaha, Kasabhanjana, Katuphala, Nagaphala, Kusthari, Kasamardana, Pancaraji phala, Jyotsni.
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Original plant nameTrichosanthes dioica Roxb.
Family nameCucurbitaceae
Used partStem, Leaves
Distribution areaThroughout the plains of North India extending to Assam and Bengal.
RemarksCommon.
Common usesLeaves are antipyretic, anthelmintic and aphrodisiac. It is used in boils, biliousness and bronchitis. Leaves are made into a decoction with equal parts of coriander and are given in bilious fever as a febrifuge and a laxative.
Therapeutic usesKasa (cough), Jvara (fever), Krmi (worms), Kandu (itching), Kustha (skin diseases), Daha (burning), Raktapitta (bleeding disorders), Visarpa (erysipelas), Gara (poison)
Chemical constituentunknown


Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
Traditional conceptRasa (Taste)Katu (Pungent), Tikta (Bitter)
Virya (Potency)Usna (Hot)
Guna (Quality)Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Unctuous)
Vipaka
(Post digestive taste)		Katu (Pungent)
Karma
(General action)		Pacana (digestive), Vrsya (aphrodisiac), Agnidipana (increasing digestive fire)
Dosakarma
(Action on dosa)		Decreases all three dosas
Dhatukarma(Action
on body tissues)		Asra (blood)
Avayava
(Action on organ)		Hrdya (good for heart), Nayanavyadhi (eye diseases)
Traditional usage1. Leaf paste applied to forehead relieves headache.

2. Leaf juice is applied to head for alopecia.

3. Decoction of Patola (Trichosanthes dioica), Indrayava (Holarrhena pubescens) and Dhanyaka (coriander) should be taken cooled and added with sugar and honey. It checks vomiting and diarrhoea/diarrhea.

4. One should take decoction of Patola, Triphala* (a group of three fruits) and Nimba (neem) mixed with honey incase of Pitta Kapha fever, vomiting, burning sensation and pain.

5. Decoction of Patola and Citraka (Plumbago zeylanica) mixed with Satapuspa (Anethum sowa) and Hing (Ferula assa-foetida) should be taken for excessive fat.

6. Soured soup of Patola or that of Amalaka (Phyllanthus emblica) mixed with ample pungents and cooked barley should be taken in alcoholism.

7. "Vidarika" (a type of tumour/tumor), if ripe should be opened with a sharp instrument and the paste of Patola, Nimba (neem) and Tila (sesamum) mixed with ghee should be applied thereon.

8. One should take decoction of Patola and Nimba mixed with honey. By this chickenpox caused by Kapha is alleviated.

9. Anus should be washed and sprinkled with cooled decoction of Patola and Yastimadhu (liquorice).

10. In inflammatory wound, it should be wahsed with decoction of Patola and Nimba leaves .

11. Decoction of Pancapallava* consisting of five types of tender leaves of Patola, Nimba and Jati (Jasminum officinale) should be used as mouth wash for diseases of mouth.

12. A semi solid extract made of Patola, Nimba, Madhuyasti (liquorice), Vasa (Adhatoda vasica), Jati, Arimeda (Acacia farnisiana), Khadira and Triphala** is used in disease of mouth.

13. In Pitta type, local application of Pattanga (a species of rice) mixed with sugar and honey is useful.

14. Use of Patola cooked as vegetable with ghee is wholesome.

15. By local application of the juice of bitter Patola leaves alopecia is alleviated within three days.

16. The patient of erysipelas should be given decoction of Patola leaves, Mudga (green gram) and Amalaka mixed with ghee.

17. Decoction of Nimba and Patola should be used for bath, intake and preparation of ghrta (ghee) and oil while the powder should be used for rubbing, dusting etc.

18. The patient of leprosy taking "Patoladi kvatha" (a formulation) keeping on diet of bitters eliminates the disease.

19. Patola leaves mixed with Candana (sandal) is useful in the disease.

20. In oedema, vegetable of Patola is wholesome.

21. Decoction of Patola and Indrayava mixed with honey is useful in severe Pitta type fever and alleviates thirst and burning sensation.

22. Decoction of Dhanyaka and Patola is appetiser, expectorant, carminative of Vata and Pitta, antipyretic, digestive and laxative.

23. Vegetable of Patola fruit and leaves is wholesome in fever.

24. Soup of Patola fruits is light, alleviates Vata promotes semen.

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Pancapallava*, a group of five leaves, is a ritual assortment of five different leaves used as a devak (totem) by the Maratha culture in India. The leaves are said to be of the mango, fig, banyan, Ficus religiosa and genus Ficus but the assortment varies depending on the region and availability.

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.
FormulationPatoladi kvatha, Patoladi curna
CommentsRoots of Patola are purgative, tendrils, pacify Kapha, fruits pacifies all the three dosas and leaves pacify Pitta. This is included in Trptighna, Trsnanigrahana gana of Caraka and Patoladi and Aragvadhadi of Susruta.
ReferencesReference book　

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