Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Sajjikhar |
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| Formal name | Svarjika ksara | |
Other names Tips！ | Sajjikhar, Sajikhara (H), Savite-mannuppu (Te), Choontoo-munnoo (Ta) | |
| English name | Dhobi's Earth, Washing Soda | |
| Original plant name | Sodium carbonate, Dhobi's Earth, Washing Soda | |
| Used part | Classification | Mineral origin | Sub classification | others |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 11966 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Svarjika ksara, Dhobi's Earth, Washing Soda | ||||
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| Original plant name | Sodium carbonate | |||||
| Distribution area | In hot area as an efflorescent sandy deposit covering large tracts of open country. | |||||
| Common uses | This drug is antacid, alterative and diuretic. It is used in the treatment of dyspepsia, vomiting, diarrhoea/diarrhea, flatulence, urinary diseases, amenorrhoea/amenorrhoea and leucorrhoea/leucorrhea. | |||||
| Therapeutic uses | Arsa (piles), Gulma (intestinal tumour/tumor), Pliha (spleen enlargement) | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Others Not mentioned. | |||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Katu (Pungent) | ||||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | |||||
| Guna (Quality) | Tiksna (Sharp), Laghu (Light), Ruksa (Dry) | |||||
| Karma (General action) | Vidarana (cutting), Dahana (burning), Vibandhahara (removing blocks) | |||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha | |||||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Sukranasana (reducing reproductive tissue) | |||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 2, pp 101-103. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 3, p 133. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2022/07/07 | |||||
