Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Bhocharas |
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| Formal name | Mocarasa (Salmali) | |
Other names Tips！ | Mocharas (gum) (T), Pagun, Shimul rasa (B), Semul, Mocharasa (H), Mullubooruga (K), Mullilsisampoola, Mullilavu (M), Mundla murga (Te), Mullilavu, Ilavam (Ta), Katu Imbul (Sin) | |
| English name | Silk Cotton Tree Gum | |
| Original plant name | Bombax ceiba L., Silk Cotton Tree Gum | |
| Family name | Bombacaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | gum |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 12497 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Mocarasa (Salmali) (Gum), Silk Cotton Tree Gum | |||
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| Original plant name | Bombax ceiba L. | ||||
| Family name | Bombacaceae | ||||
| Used part | Gum, Roots, Bark, Leaves, Flowers, Young fruits, Seeds | ||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India, upto 1500m altitude. | ||||
| Remarks | Common | ||||
| Common uses | This drug is astringent, tonic and demulcent and is used for dysentery, haemoptysis/hemoptysis, pulmonary tuberculosis, influenza and menorrhagia. Bark exudes a gum known as Semul gum or Mocarasa from natural wounds probably caused by decay or by insects or as a result of a functional disease. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Formulation | Abhayarista, Laghugangadhara curna. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 1 (Repr.1996), pp 289-290. 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 218-219. 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 338. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2023/11/16 | ||||
