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Crude drug name | Market name | Raal |
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| Formal name | Sala | |
Other names Tips！ | Raal, Lal moabbari (T), Dhuma (B), Raal (H), Guggala (K), Chengilyam (M), Guggilamu (Te), Praise bog (Ti), Sakhuva (N), Dammala, Sal-gaha (Sin) | |
| English name | Sal Resin | |
| Original plant name | Shorea robusta Gaertn. f., Sal Resin | |
| Family name | Dipterocarpaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | resin |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 12481 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Sala | ||||
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| Synonyms | Sarjarasa, Sarja, Bahurupa, Agnivallabha, Devadhupa, Yaksadhupa, Dhupana, Lalita, Rava, Surala, Salaniryasa | |||||
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| Original plant name | Shorea robusta Gaertn. f. | |||||
| Family name | Dipterocarpaceae | |||||
| Used part | Oleo - resin | |||||
| Distribution area | North, east and central India, upto 1700m, also cultivated. | |||||
| Remarks | Common | |||||
| Common uses | This drug is used in blood dysentery, bleeding piles, weak digestion, ear diseases and leucorrhoea/leucorrhea. It is employed as an ingredient of stimulating plasters and ointments for fractures and rheumatism. Resin is used in the indigenous systems of medicine as an astringent and detergent and is given in diarrhoea/diarrhea and dysentery. It is also used as an ingredient of ointments for skin diseases and ear troubles. Chua oil from resin is used in medicine as an antiseptic for skin diseases and for ear troubles. Fruits are sweet, rough, cold, blocking, astringent, scraping. It creates abdominal distension, pain and Vata. It pacifies Pitta. It also pacifies blood disorders, thirst, injury, emaciation. | |||||
| Therapeutic uses | Sveda (sweat), Visarpa (erysipelas, Jvara (fever), Vrana (wounds), Vipadika (cracking of feet), Graha (mental afflictions), Bhagna (fracture), Agnidagdha (fire burn), Sula (colic), Atisara (diarrhoea/diarrhea), Sphota (boils), Grahani (irritable bowels), Visa (poison) | |||||
| Pharmacological effect | Non-phenolic portion of the oil from resin is reported to have a depressing effect on the central nervous system, the phenolic portion is less effective. | |||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Tikta (Bitter), Kasaya (Astringent) | ||||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | |||||
| Guna (Quality) | Guru (Heavy), Snigdha (Unctuous) | |||||
| Karma (General action) | Stambhana (blocking) | |||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Vata Pitta | |||||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Asra (blood) | |||||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Grahaka (constipative) | |||||
| Traditional usage | 1. In hiccough and asthma, the gum resin of Sala (Shorea robusta) should be inhaled. 2. Warm paste of Sala is applied to the spot in case of oedema. 3. In diabetes paste of Sala, Kampillaka (Mallotus philippinensis), and Muskaka (Schrebera swietenioides) with honey should be taken | |||||
| Formulation | Salasaradi kvatha, Sarjarasadi malahara, Atasyadi lepa, Pinda taila, Candanadi vati. | |||||
| Comments | This is included in Vedanasthapana, Kasayaskandha, Asavayoni vrksa groups of Caraka and Salasaradi and Rodhradi of Susruta. | |||||
| 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 127-128. 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 226. 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 344. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 1481. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 671-673. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 364. | ||||
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