Crude drug sample data base

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Crude drug name

Market nameMandur (kit)
Formal nameMandura
Other names   

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Lohar-gu (B), Lohaka-zang (H), Kitta (K), Irambak kitane (M), Irumboo chittam (Ta)
English nameMagnetite
Original plant nameFerric Oxide, Magnetite
Used partClassificationMineral origin
Sub classification mineral
Collection informationIndia, New Delhi, Hans Raj & Sons
Collection date1991/05/07
CollectorTsuneo Namba, et al.
TMPW No.11975

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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name
Mandura, Magnetite
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Original plant nameFerric Oxide
Used part(mineral)
Common usesMandura is specially useful in anaemia/anemia, amenorrhoea/amenorrhea, dysmenorrhoea/dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, chlorosis, diarrhoea/diarrhea, chronic bowel complaints, dyspepsia, intestinal worms and nervous diseases.
Therapeutic usesPandu (anaemic/anemic conditions), Svayathu (swelling), Kamila (jaundice), Pliha (spleen disorders)
Chemical constituentunknown


Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
Traditional conceptRasa (Taste)Kasaya (Astringent)
Virya (Potency)Sita (Cold)
FormulationMandura vataka, Punarnavadi mandura
ReferencesReference book 

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Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay
Vol. 2, pp 62-63.

Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi
Vol. 3, pp 95-96.

Last renewal date2022/07/13