Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Chiranji dana |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Priyala | |
Other names Tips！ | Chironjee (T), Chironji, Piyal (B), Chironji, Piyal (H), Nurkala (K), Mural, Priyalam (M), Sara (Te), Mudaima, Murala (Ta) | |
| English name | Almondette Tree, Cheronjee, Cuddapah Almond | |
| Original plant name | Buchanania lanzan Spreng., Almondette Tree, Cheronjee, Cuddapah Almond | |
| Family name | Anacardiaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | seed |
| Production area information | India | |
| Collection information | India, Dibrugarh, Assam , Shree Vishwanath Marwari Databye Aushadhalaya | |
| Collection date | 1997/05/05 | |
| Collector | Katsuko Komatsu, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 17326 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Priyala, Almondette Tree, Cheronjee, Cuddapah Almond | |||
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| Synonyms | Kharaskandha, Arara, Bahuvalkala, Rajadanam, Tapasestha, Sannakadru, Dhanu, Pata, Snehabija, Avaputa, Lalana, Thapasapriya, Dhanupushta, Cara, Draksaphala, Amlaphala, Munipriya, Sakhamrga, Puta | ||||
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| Original plant name | Buchanania lanzan Spreng. | ||||
| Family name | Anacardiaceae | ||||
| Used part | Roots, Leaves, Fruits | ||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India in dry situations. In the North west of India from Sutlej to Kumaon upto 1000m in Nepal. | ||||
| Remarks | Common. | ||||
| Common uses | Oil from kernels is used as a substitute for the almond oil in the native medicinal preparations. An ointment from the kernel is used in skin diseases, itches and to remove blemishes from the face. Oil is applied to the glandular swellings of the neck. Oil on direct interesterification yields a product which may be suitable as a coating material for delayed action tablets. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Kasa (cough), daha (burning), Ksataksaya (injury and emaiciation), Raktapitta (bleeding disorders) | ||||
| Chemical constituent | Oil from kernels contain fatty acids. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Amla (Sour), Madhura (Sweet), Kasaya (Astringent) | |||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | ||||
| Guna (Quality) | Snigdha (Unctuous), Guru (Heavy), Sara (Fluid) | ||||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Madhura (Sweet) | ||||
| Karma (General action) | Brmhana (nourishing) | ||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha, Pitta | ||||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Malastambhakari (blocking the faecal matter) | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. Grown up child who has left taking breast milk should be given bolus prepared of Priyala (Buchanania lazan), Madhuka (liquorice), honey, parched paddy and sugar candy. It acts as saturating and tonic. 2. Milk boiled with Priyala and Madhuka checks haemorrhage/hemorrhage. 3. Bark of Sallaki (Boswellia serrata), Badari (Ziziphus mauritiana), Jambu (Syzygium cumini), Priyala, Amra (mango), Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna) separately are mixed with honey and taken with milk. They check haemorrhage. | ||||
| Comments | Fruits are sweet and heavy, unctuous, laxative, pacifying Vata and Pitta, burning, fever, thirst. Fruit is aphrodisiac, Vata Pitta pacifying, good for heart, difficult to digest, unctuous, blocking and creating indigestion. Oil is sweet, heavy and Kapha increasing. Seeds are sweet, aphrodisiac, good for Pitta and burning. Root is astringent, good for blood, Pitta and Kapha. Priyala is included in Udarda prasamana, Sramahara groups of Caraka and Nygrodhadi of Susruta. | ||||
| 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 309-313. 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 42. Indian Medicinal Plants (Second Edition), Vols. 1-5, 1993. Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu. B.D., Periodical Experts Book Agency, Delhi Vol. 1, pp 659-660. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 274. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 192-194. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 257. | |||
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