Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Phitkiri safed |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Sphatika | |
Other names Tips！ | Alum (T), Phitikhari (H), Phatikara (K), Patikaram (M), Pattikaramu (Te), Patikeram (Ta) | |
| English name | Alum | |
| Original plant name | Alumen, Sulphate of Alumina, Alum | |
| 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. | 12459 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Sphatika, Alum | ||
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| Original plant name | Alumen, Sulphate of Alumina | |||
| Distribution area | Punjab, Rajputana, Bihar and Cutch states. | |||
| Common uses | This drug is used in leucorrhoea/leucorrhea, haematuria/hematuria, haemoptysis/hemoptysis, menorrhagia, gastric and intestinal catarrh and other haemorrhages/hemorrhages, chronic diarrhoea/diarrhea, dysentery, whooping cough, asthma, ophthalmia, conjunctivitis and epistaxis. | |||
| Therapeutic uses | Vrana (wounds), Svitra (leucoderma), Visarpa (erysipelas), Kandu (itching), Visamajvara (irregular fever), Mukharoga (mouth disorders) | |||
| Chemical constituent | unknown Not mentioned. | |||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Kasaya (Astringent), Katu (Pungent), Tikta (Bitter) | ||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | |||
| Karma (General action) | Yonisankocakarini (contracting the uterus), Ropana (healing), Lekhani (scraping) | |||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases all three dosas | |||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Rudhirasrava rodhini (haemostatic/hemostatic) | |||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Grahi (constipative) | |||
| Avayava (Action on organ) | Netra (eye), Danta (teeth) | |||
| Formulation | Phullika drava | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 2, pp 2-6. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 3, p 135. | ||
| Last renewal date | 2022/07/07 | |||
