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Crude drug name | Market name | Dhaiphool |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Dhataki | |
Other names Tips！ | Dhataki phool (T), Dhai phul (B), Dhawa phool (H), Dhataki huvvu (K), Tatiri pu (M), Serinjee puvu (Te), Thathari, Jargi (Ta), Me togdataki (Ti), Dhaiyaro, Amar phula, Dhanero (N), Malitha, Malita (Sin) | |
| English name | Fire Flame Flower, Wood Fordia | |
| Original plant name | Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz, Fire Flame Flower, Wood Fordia | |
| Family name | Lythraceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | flower |
| 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. | 17373 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Dhataki, Fire Flame Flower, Woodfordia | |||
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| Synonyms | Madaniyahetu, Amba, Madaniya, Kunjari, Kunjaraka, Vinata, Parvateya, Madyasakhi, Madyavasini, Mada, Bahupuspa, Supuspa, Hutasapuspa, Tamrapuspahva, Madakrt, Vahnijvala, Dhavani, Agnijvala, Subhiksa, Parvati, Bahupuspika, Kumuda, Sidhupuspi, Kunjara, Lodhrapuspini, Tivrajvala, Vahnisikha, Indrasammita, Dadimipatra, Raktapuspa, Madini | ||||
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| Original plant name | Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz | ||||
| Family name | Lythraceae | ||||
| Used part | Flowers | ||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India but more abundant in North India, ascending upto 1600m in the hills; also cultivated in gardens. | ||||
| Remarks | Common. | ||||
| Common uses | This drug is an ingredient of a number of drug formulations, prescribed in dysentery and menorrhagia. Flowers are extensively employed for fermentation of asavas and aristas (fermented medicines). Dried flowers are credited with stimulant and astringent properties. The drug is much used in bowel complaints and haemorrhages/hemorrhages and is also administered in menorrhagia and seminal weakness. Dried flowers are powdered and sprinkled over ulcers and wounds to diminish discharge and promote granulation. A paste of the flowers is used for the treatment of coughs. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Raktatisara (diarrhoea/diarrhea with blood), Raktarsa srava (bleeding piles), trsna (thirst), Pittasra (bleeding disorders), Visa (poison), Krmi (worms), Visarpa (erysipelas), Pravahika (diarrhoea/diarrhea with constipation), Vrana (wounds) | ||||
| Chemical constituent | Others The flowers contain quercetin, probably as glucoside. They appear to be a promising indigenous tanning material with a fairly high content of tannin. | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | The leaves show antibiotic activity in vitro against Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus. An extract of the flowers shows activity against Helminthosporium sativum. The plant extract is also active against Ranikhet disease. Aqueous and methanolic extract of the flowers showed strong nematicidal activity against the larva of Toxocaria canis. (-)Epigallocatechingallate and oenothein B exhibited anti-human immuno deficiency (anti HIV) virus activity. Woodfordin C and oenothein B, exhibited marked host-mediated antitumor activity. Woodfordin C also inhibited DNA topoisomerase II, a neoplasm inhibitor. Methanolic and aqueous extracts of the flowers and leaves of the plant exhibited inhibitory activity on avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV)-reverse transcriptase (RT). These extracts show no cytotoxicity at concentrations where over 90% RT activity was inhibited. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Kasaya (Astringent), Katu (Pungent) | |||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | ||||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Ruksa (Dry) | ||||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Katu (Pungent) | ||||
| Karma (General action) | Madakrt (intoxicating), Garbha sthapana (stabilising the foetus) | ||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Pitta | ||||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Raktanut (blood disorders) | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. Decoction of Dhataki (Woodfordia fruticose) along with ginger and Punica granatum is good for fever, diarrhoea/diarrhea, colic. 2. Dhataki, Lodhra (Symplocos racemose) are mixed together and used in wounds. 3. For child, sweet bolus prepared of Dhataki flowers, Sarkara (Jaggery) and parched paddy should be given in diarrhoea. 4. One suffering from dysentery should take Dhataki, Badari (Ziziphus mauritiana) leaves, Kapittha (Feronia limonia) juice, honey and Lodhra (Symplocos racemose) all together with curd. 5. Liquid gruel processed with Dhataki decoction and Sunthi (dry ginger) and added with sour pomegranate seeds is useful in fever, diarrhoea and abdominal pain. 6. In conjunctivitis caused by Pitta, powder or liquid extract of Dhataki and Candana (sandal) mixed with breast milk should be used as collyrium. 7. Powder of Dhataki or Amalaka (Phyllanthus emblica) 10 gm mixed with profuse honey should be used in leucorrhoea/leucorrhea. 8. For conception, the woman, during season, should take Utpala (Nymphaea nouchali) mixed with Dhataki flowers and honey in the morning. 9. Lodhra, Dhataki, Indrayava (Holarrhena pubescens), Karanja (Pongamia pinnata) and Jati (Jasminum officinale) - paste of these should be used in skin disease for anointment. | ||||
| Formulation | Most of the arista and asava (fermented formulations) contain this as an ingredient. Dhatakyadi curna, Dhatakyadi taila, Laghugangadhara curna. | ||||
| Comments | Flowers are sweet, rough, useful in bleeding disorders and poison. Leaves are cold. Synonyms like Madaniyahetu, Madaniya, Madyavasini, Madakrt, Sidhupuspi all these refer to the fermentation and intoxication action. Hutasapuspa, Tamrapuspa, Vahnijvala, Agnijvala, Tivrajvala, Vahnisikha, Raktapuspa all these denote the fire like appearance. Caraka includes this in Purisasamgrahaniya, Mutravirajaniya, Sandhaniya groups and Susruta includes in Priyanguadi and Ambasthadi gana. | ||||
| 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), p 412-416. 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 259. 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 182. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 130. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol I, Ed. I, 1989. Govt. of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Dept. of Health, New Delhi pp 32, 33. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay p 1728. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, p 472-474. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 203. | |||
| Remarks | Flowers yield a red dye and are employed throughout India for dyeing fabrics, or as an adjunct or mordant, principally with Morinda citrifolia. A gum is collected from the stem which resembles gum tragacanth and swells up in water. It is employed for coating the parts of the fabric which are not to be dyed. Stem contains s-sitosterol. Flowers are gathered and sucked by children for sweet nectar. They are said to be eaten and also employed for making a cooling drink. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2023/11/29 | ||||
