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Crude drug name | Market name | Koiralo ko bokra |
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| Formal name | Kancanara | |
Other names Tips！ | Kachnar (T), Raktakanchan (B), Kachnar, Kaniar (H), Arisinatige (K), Chuvannamandaram (M), Devakanchanamu (Te), Shemmandarai(Ta) | |
| English name | Buddhist Bauhinia, Mountain Emony, Orchid Tree | |
| Original plant name | Bauhinia variegata Linn., Buddhist Bauhinia, Mountain Emony, Orchid Tree | |
| Family name | Leguminosae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | bark |
| Collection information | Kingdom of Nepal, Kathmandu , Shakya Vaidya Pasal | |
| Collection date | 1983/07/31 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 5919 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Kancanara, Buddhist Bauhinia, Mountain Emony, Orchid Tree | ||
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| Synonyms | Kancanaka, Sonapuspaka, Gandari, Kovidara, Camarika, Kuddala, Yugmapatraka, Kundali, Tamrapuspa, Asmantaka, Svalpakesari, Asphotaka, Kuli, Uddalaka, Koliyasa, Bhramaresta, Manohara, Raktapuspa, Karbudara. | |||
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| Original plant name | Bauhinia variegata Linn. | |||
| Family name | Leguminosae | |||
| Used part | Bark and Flowers | |||
| Distribution area | Most parts of Nepal in sub-Himalayan tracts and outer Himalayas of the Punjab ascending to 4000 feet from the Indus eastwards, Kumaon between 1000 to 6000 feet, Sikkim through India proper to Burma-China. | |||
| Common uses | Bark is astringent to the bowels and tonic to the liver. It is used in the treatment of biliousness, leucoderma, skin diseases, dysmenorrhoea/dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, impurities of blood, tuberculous glands, asthma, wounds and ulcers, stomatitis, dysentery, scrofula, ulcers and leprosy. It is used to remove intestinal worms and to prevent the decomposition of the blood in tumors. Roots are astringent, acrid, cooling, constipating, depurative, anthelmintic, vulnerary, antiinflammatory and styptic. They are useful in diarrhoea/diarrhea, dysentery, skin diseases, leprosy, intestinal worms, tumors, wounds, ulcers, inflammations, scrofula, proctoptosis, haemorrhoids/hemorrhoids, haemoptysis/hemoptysis, cough, menorrhagia and diabetes. Root is carminative, and is used in dyspepsia and flatulence. A decoction of the root is reported to prevent obesity. Buds are acrid, indigestible, used in piles, cough, eye diseases, liver complaints, astringent to the bowels, styptic in haematuria/hematuria and menorrhagia. Flowers and flower buds are used as a vegetable. | |||
| Therapeutic uses | Krmi (worm infestation), Kustha (skin diseases), Vrana (ulcers), Raktapitta (vitiation of blood by Pitta), Pradara (menorrhagia), Ksaya (debility), Kasa (cough), Svasa (asthmatic conditions), Daha (burning sensation), Mukhapaka (mouth ulcers). | |||
| Chemical constituent | Flavones & Flavonols 5,7,3',4'-Tetrahydroxy-3-methoxyflavone 7-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1-6)-O-beta-galactopyranoside (*C1), (2S)－5,7-Dihydroxy-3',4'-methylenedioxyflavone (*C2), Quercetin 7-methyl ether (*C2), Kaempferol 7,4'-dimethyl ether 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (*C2), Kaempferol 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (*C2), 5-Hydroxy-7,3’,4’,5’-tetramethoxyflavone 5-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1->2)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside (*C3) Phenol derivatives .5,6-Dihydro-1,7-dihydroxy-3,4-dimethoxy-2-methyldibenz [b,f]oxepin (*C2) Others Lectin (*C4) | |||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Kasaya (Astringent) | ||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | |||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Ruksa (Dry) | |||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Katu (Pungent) | |||
| Karma (General action) | Sangrahi (constipative), Agnipradipana (increases appetite), Rucya (improves taste), Vranaropana (heals ulcers), Stambhaka (styptic). | |||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha, Pitta | |||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Sangrahi (constipative) | |||
| Traditional usage | 1. Fresh bark of Kancanara (Bauhinia racemosa) mixed with Sunthi (dry ginger) should be pounded with sour gruel and taken. It is an excellent remedy for "Gandamala" (swelling in the neck). 2. In "Gandamala", "Galaganda" (goiter like conditions), decoction of Kancanara and Triphala* (a group of three fruits) added with Pippali (Piper longum) is beneficial and also "Triphala ghrta" (a formulation) and diet of barley and green gram. 3. Decoction of Kancanara bark added with "Svarnamaksika bhasma" (a formulation) is useful in pox. ----- Triphala*, a group of three fruits of Amalaka, Bibhitaki, and Haritaki is good apetitive, improves the eyesight and is beneficial in chronic intermittent fever. | |||
| Formulation | Kancanara guggulu, Kancanaradi kvatha, Kancanara gutika. | |||
| Related drugs | 1. Bauhinia tomentosa 2. Bauhinia purpurea 3. Bauhinia acuminata | |||
| Comments | Five types of Kancanara viz. raktakancanara, svetakancanaram, kovidaram, pitakancanaram and kancani have been mentioned. Based on the colour of flowers white, red and yellow varieties have also been mentioned. The latin names for Kancanara as given in the commentaries of Dhanvantari nighantu, Raja nighantu and Bhavaprakasa are Bauhinia purpurea, B. acuminata and B. variegata respectively. In Dravyagunavijnana, Kancanara is identified as B. variegata indicating B. purpurea as raktakovidara and B. tomentosa as pitakancanara and B. racemosa for svetakancanara. There is also mention that raktapuspakovidara is B. purpurea and kovidara and raktapuspa is B. variegata. In Ayurvedic Formulary of India, kovidara is identified as B. variegata. It is included under Vamanopaga gana by Caraka and Urdhvabhagahara, Kasayavarga by Susruta. | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 1 (Repr.1996), pp 256-257. Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi p 134. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 207. Indian Medicinal Plants (Second Edition), Vols. 1-5, 1993. Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu. B.D., Periodical Experts Book Agency, Delhi Vol. 2, pp 898-899. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 227. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 234. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 93. | ||
| Research paper | *C1 Yadava, R. N. and Reddy, V. M.; Nat. Prod. Res., 17, 165-69 (2003). *C2 Reddy, M. V. B., Reddy, M. K., Gunasekar, D., Caux, C. and Bodo, B.; Phytochemistry, 64, 879-82 (2003). *C3 Yadava, R. N. and Reddy, V. M. S.; J. Asian Nat. Prod. Res., 3, 341-46 (2001). *C4 Peng, J.-Z. and Chen, Z.-P.; Huanan Shifan Daxue Xuebao Ziran Kexueban, (4), 100-102 (2000). | |||
| Remarks | The tree is cultivated in gardens for its showy flowers. The bark of Bauhinia malabarica Roxb. and B. racemosa Lamk. are sometimes erroneously collected and marketed as genuine drug. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2023/12/21 | |||