Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Mehandi biz |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Madayantika | |
Other names Tips！ | Hena, Mehndi (T), Mendi (B), Mehendi (H), Gorante (K), Mailanchi (M), Goranti (Te), Maruthani (Ta) | |
| English name | Henna, Egyptian Privet | |
| Original plant name | Lawsonia inermis Linn., Henna, Egyptian Privet | |
| Family name | Lythraceae | |
| 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. | 17378 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Madayantika, Henna, Egyptian Privet | ||||
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| Synonyms | Mehadani, Madayanti, Dvivrnta, Yavanestada, Ragangi, Raktagarbha, Medhini, Nakharanjani, Bahusakha, Ksupavrksaka, Timira, Kokadanta, Dvivrnta, Nakharanjakam, Raktaranga | |||||
| Original plant name | Lawsonia inermis Linn. | |||||
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| Family name | Lythraceae | |||||
| Used part | Leaves, Roots, Flowers, Seeds | |||||
| Distribution area | Cultivated and naturalised all over India. Cultivated as a commercial crop mainly in Punjab and Gujarat. | |||||
| Common uses | Leaves are used as an ingredient of formulation used to prevent allergic dermatitis, and in cosmetics as hair cream, hair tonic etc. Dye from leaf paste is applied to stain hands and nails to protect from decay and diseases. An ointment prepared from the leaves is used to cure wounds and ulcers. Leaf decoction is useful as an external fomentation in bruises and sprains, inflammations and burns. It is also used as an astringent gargle and in ulcers of the mouth and is an excellent injection for gonorrhoea/gonorrhea. Leaf juice mixed with water and sugar or milk is given in spermatorrhoea/spermatorrhea. Henna leaves are used as prophylactic against skin diseases. Seeds are astringent to the bowels, tonic to the brain, and antipyretic. They are used in insanity, headache, menorrhagia, vaginal discharges and leucorrhoea/leucorrhea. Seed oil may be used as an ingredient of pharmaceutical ointment bases. | |||||
| Therapeutic uses | Daha (burning), Kustha (skin diseases), Jvara (fever), Kandu (itching), Asrkpitta (bleeding disorders), Kamala (jaundice), Raktatisara (diarrhoea/diarrhea with bleeding), Hrdroga (heart diseases), Mutrakrcchra (urinary disorders), Bhrama (mental instability), Vrana (wounds), Alasaka (a type of digestive disease), Sirastoda (headache) | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Leaves contain: lawsone, gallic acid, glucose, mannitol, fat, resin (2%), mucilage. Leaves also contain 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone. | |||||
| Pharmacological effect | Seed oil shows antibacterial and antifungal activity against several pathogenic fungi and bacteria. | |||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Kasaya (Astringent), Tikta (Bitter), Madhura (Sweet) | ||||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | |||||
| Guna (Quality) | Sita (Cold) | |||||
| Karma (General action) | Vantikrt (induces vomiting), Tvacya (good for skin), Dipani (increasing appetite) | |||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha, Pitta | |||||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Asrk (blood) | |||||
| Avayava (Action on organ) | Tvacya (good for skin), Netrya (good fro eyes) | |||||
| Traditional usage | 1. Intake of juice of leaves of Madayanti (Lawsonia inermis) for a month alleviates consumption. 2. In "Raktameha" (a type of polyuria), paste of Madayanti mixed with honey should be taken with cold water. 3. Cooled decoction of Madayanti added with sugar and honey checks intrinsic haemorrhage/hemorrhage. | |||||
| Formulation | Madayantyadi curna | |||||
| Comments | Seeds are constipative and drying. It reduces mental afflictions and fever. It is Vata Pitta pacifying. Decoction of root and bark is good for urinary disorders, calculi, spleen enlargement. If gargled will reduce anaemic/anemic conditions, stomatitis and throat diseases. Madayanti, Madayantika mean an intoxicating effect. Yavanestada means that it is liked by the people of Yavana, Ragangi and Raktagarbha mean the reddish colour, Ksupavrksaka means a shrub, Dvivrnta - the panicled cymes, Nakharanjaka - colouring nature. | |||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 3 (Repr.1996), pp 303-305. 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 151. Indian Medicinal Plants (Second Edition), Vols. 1-5, 1993. Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu. B.D., Periodical Experts Book Agency, Delhi Vol. 2, pp 1077-1079. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay pp 730-732. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 1005. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 180-182. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 283. | ||||
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