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Crude drug name | Market name | Mundi |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Sravani | |
Other names Tips！ | Gorakhmundi (T), Murmuria (B), Gorakhmundi, Mundi (H), Gorakmundi (K), Atakkamaniyan (M), Bodasoramu (Te), Kottakkarandai, Vishnukranti (Ta), Gorkha mundi (N) | |
| English name | East Indian Globe Thistle | |
| Original plant name | Sphaeranthus indicus Linn., East Indian Globe Thistle | |
| Family name | Compositae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | flower |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 12462 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Sravani (Inflorescence), East Indian Globe Thistle | |||
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| Synonyms | Mundi, Biksu, Tapodhana, Sravanahva, Mundatika, Sravanasirsaka, Sravana, Pravrajita, Parivraji, Alambusa, Kulahala, Srimati, Cancuka, Vara | ||||
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| Original plant name | Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Compositae | ||||
| Used part | Inflorescence, (Whole plant) | ||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India and upto 1500m on the hills, from Kumaon to Sikkim. | ||||
| Remarks | Common. | ||||
| Common uses | Spheranthus is useful in the treatment of glandular swellings in the neck, urethral discharges and jaundice. Flowers are alterative, depurative, cooling and tonic. It is useful in abdominal tumours/tumors, pectoral affections and in impotence. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Ganda (tumours/tumors on neck), Apaci (tumours), Krcchra (urinary disorders), Krmi (worms), Yonyarti (vaginal disorders), Pandu (anaemic/anemic conditions), Slipada (filariasis), Aruci (lack of appetite), Apasmara (epilepsy), Pliha (spleen disorders), Meda (diabetic types) | ||||
| Chemical constituent | - Flowers contain alkaloid Sphaeranthine. Fresh flowering heads yielded an essential oil, fatty acid oil. - Capitula contains - albumins, a semi drying fatty oil (upto 5%) reducing sugars, tannins, mineral matter, a volatile oil (0.07%) and glucoside. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent), Madhura (Sweet) | |||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | ||||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Ruksa (Dry) | ||||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Katu (Pungent) | ||||
| Karma (General action) | Medhya (good for intellect) | ||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Vata Kapha | ||||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Meda (adipose tissue) | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. Mundi (Sphaeranthus indicus) powder is taken with sour gruel removes foul smell due to obesity. 2. Intake, before meals, of Mundi juice added with Marica (black pepper) powder and slightly heated alleviates "suryavarta" (headache) and hemicrania within a week. 3. On taking Mundi powder mixed with honey and ghee followed by intake of the decoction of Guduci (Tinospora cordifolia) becomes free from severe arthritis. 4. Paste of Sunthi (dry ginger) and Mundi mixed together should be taken in rheumatic fever. 5. By taking juice of Mundi leaves 80ml, scrofula, cervical adenitis and jaundice is destroyed. 6. Vaginal pain - Keeping cotton soaked in castor oil in vagina removes pain. Similarly does Mundi. 7. Paste of Mundi root mixed with powdered Sarja (Vateria indica) cooked in mustard oil till it becomes semisolid should be applied locally in disease named "vicchi" (a skin condition). | ||||
| Formulation | Mundi arka, Alambusadi curna, Atriphal mundi, Choa mundi. | ||||
| Comments | Another variety is called Mahasravanika with synonyms such as Bhukadambika, Kadambapuspika, Avyatha, Atitapasvini, Locani, Vikaca, Krodacuda, Palankasa, Nadikadamba, Mundakhya, Mahamundatika, Chinna, Granthinika, Mata, Sthavira, Lomani, Alambusa, Chinna, Ganthanika, Aruna, Godhaka, Bodha, Vrddha, Virastha are synonyms. This has the same qulities as the earlier one. This is correlated to Sphaeranthus africanus. According to some authors Hapusa and Mundi are the same plant. But according to others Hapusa is an entirely different plant. This is included in the Rasayana group by Caraka. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 5 (Repr.1997), pp 180-185. 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 232. Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi p 188. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 166. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 1523. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 804-806. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 304. | |||
| Remarks | In Kerala, south India, Sphaeranthus indicus is used in the name of Hapusa. They consider Hapusa and Mundi as synonyms. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/01/12 | ||||
