Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Shora |
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| Formal name | Saindhava | |
Other names Tips！ | Shora (B), Shora (H), Vetiuppu (M), Pattu uppoo (Te), Pottil uppu (Ta) | |
| Original plant name | Potassium nitrate | |
| Used part | Classification | Mineral origin | Sub classification | mineral |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 11978 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Saindhava | ||
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| Synonyms | Sindhulavana, Sindhuttha, Sindhudesajam, Sindhupalam, Sindhubhavam, Sindhumanthajam, Sitasiva, Nadeya, Silitmaka, Siva, Sitasiva, Sotasiva, Vasira, Manimantha. | |||
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| Original plant name | Potassium nitrate | |||
| Used part | Salty crystals | |||
| Distribution area | Bengal, Punjab and upper India. | |||
| Common uses | Dropsy, early stage of small pox, measles, influenza, catarrh, gonorrhoea/gonorrhea, rheumatism and bleeding from lungs, stomach, uterus. | |||
| Therapeutic uses | Vranadosa (vitiated dosa in wound), Vibandha (constipation). | |||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Lavana (Salt), Madhura (Sweet) | ||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | |||
| Guna (Quality) | Snigdha (Unctuous), Suksma (Minute) | |||
| Karma (General action) | Rocana (appetising), Dipana (increasing digestive fire), Vrsya (aphrodisiac), Pacana (digestive), Hrdya (good for heart), Netrya (good for eyes), Rucipradam (improves taste), Avidahi (does not cause burning sensation). | |||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases all three dosas | |||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Vrsya (Aphrodisiac) | |||
| Avayava (Action on organ) | Caksusya (good for eye), Hrdya (good for heart) | |||
| Formulation | Lavanottamadi curna, Saindhavadya taila, Saindhavadya curna, Nalikera lavana, arka lavana | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 3, p 126. Rasatarangini, Sri.Kasinatha Sastri, 1979, Motilal Banarasidas, Varanasi p 348. | ||
| Last renewal date | 2022/07/06 | |||
