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Crude drug name

Market nameRasount
Formal nameDaruharidra
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Rasaunt (T), Rasanjana (B), Rasaunt (H), Rasanjanamu (Te), Rasanjana (Ta)
English nameBerberis Extract
Original plant nameBerberis lycium Royle, Berberis Extract
Family nameBerberidaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification extract
Collection informationIndia, New Delhi, Hans Raj & Sons
Collection date1991/05/07
CollectorTsuneo Namba, et al.
TMPW No.12560

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Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name
Daruharidra (Rasanjana), Berberis Extract
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Original plant nameBerberis lycium Royle
Family nameBerberidaceae
Used partRoot Extracts
Distribution areaOuter Himalayas from Kashmir to Garhwal, at 800-2500m altitude.
RemarksFairly common
Common usesThe drug is bitter, tonic and is used as cholagogue, stomachic, laxative, diaphoretic, antipyretic and antiseptic. It is used in the bilious symptoms and diarrhoea/diarrhea, menorrhagia, ulcer, conjunctivitis and malarial dyspepsia accompanied by febrile conditions; also used in eye diseases.
Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
FormulationRasanjanadi curna, Sudarsana curna, Darvyadi kvatha, Darvyadi leha
CommentsBerberis lycium is used as a substitute for B. aristata.
ReferencesReference book 

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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 36.

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 340.

Last renewal date2022/06/16