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Market nameSuhag
Formal nameTankana
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Sohaga (B), Suhaga (H), Tankanam (K), Konkan khar (M), Veligaram (Te), Venkaram (Ta)
English nameBorax
Original plant nameSodium borate, Borax
Used partClassificationMineral origin
Sub classification mineral
Collection informationIndia, New Delhi, Hans Raj & Sons
Collection date1991/05/07
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Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name		Tankana, Borax
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Original plant nameSodium borate
Distribution areaIt occurs as a natural deposit. Crude borax is found in masses by evaporation of water on shores of dried up lakes in India and Tibet, it is also obtained from the mud of lakes surrounded by hills in Nepal.
RemarksCommon.
Common usesBorax is given internally in doses varying from 5-10 grains, in acidity of stomach, amenorrhoea/amenorrhea, dysmenorrhoea/dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, puerperal convulsions and to promote uterine pains during labour.
As a solvent it is given in uric acid diathesis with good results. This is used in all sorts of phlegmatic complaints from common catarrh to bronchitis and pneumonia even attended with discharges from the ears and the nose.
Therapeutic usesKasasvasa (respiratory disorders), Visa (poison), Adhmana (abdominal distension)
Chemical constituent
Not mentioned.

Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
Traditional conceptRasa (Taste)Katu (Pungent), Lavana (Salt)
Virya (Potency)Usna (Hot)
Guna (Quality)Laghu (Light), Ruksa (Dry), Tiksna (Sharp)
Vipaka
(Post digestive taste)		Katu (Pungent)
Karma
(General action)		Dipana (increasing digestive fire), Puspajanana (causing menstrual discharges), Balya (strengthening), Mudhagarbhapravartaka (expelling dead foetus)
Dosakarma
(Action on dosa)		Decreases Kapha Vata, increases Pitta
Mala
(Action on excretory mechanism)		Saraka (laxative)
Avayava
(Action on organ)		Hrdya (good for heart)
Traditional usageIn "Kaphaja" type of fevers a pill called "Kapha ketu rasa" made of aconite, borax and reduced conch shell in equal parts, powdered, mixed well and soaked over three times in the juice of fresh ginger and made into pills of two grains each is given with honey and ginger juice. Borax enters in to the composition of numerous formulae for dyspepsia, loss of appetite and indigestion such as Amrtakalpa rasa, Tankanadi vati, etc.
FormulationTankanamrtamalahara, Tankanamaladrava, Saubhagya vati, Lavanacatussama, Rajapravartini, Candramrta
ReferencesReference book　

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[2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras)
Vol. 4 (Repr.1997), p 266.

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 192.

Indian Medicinal Plants (Second Edition), Vols. 1-5, 1993. Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu. B.D., Periodical Experts Book Agency, Delhi
Vol. 3, pp 1766-1767.

Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay
Vol. 2, pp 103-107.

Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi
Vol. 3, pp 133-134.

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