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Crude drug name | Market name | Danti |
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| Formal name | Danti | |
Other names Tips！ | Baliospermum (T), Danti, Hakum, Hakun (B), Danti, Hakum, Hakun (H), Kaduharalu, Naagadanti (K), Dantika, Katalavanakku, Nagadanti, Nervalam (M), Adaviaamudamu, Ettadundiga, Kondaamudamu (Te), Kattamanakku, Niradimuttu, Peyamanakku (Ta), Ajay pal (N), Detta (Sin) | |
| English name | Baliospermum | |
| Original plant name | Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell. (= Baliospermum axillare Blume), Baliospermum | |
| Family name | Euphorbiaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Collection information | Kingdom of Nepal, Kathmandu , Kilagal tole M.G.M. Shakya | |
| Collection date | 1991/04/13 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 14782 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Danti, Baliospermum | |||
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| Synonyms | Nikhumbha, Citra, Mukulaka, Sighra, Upacitra, Visalya, Ghunapriya, Tiksnarecani, Erandaphala, Kakodumbarapatrika, Sramsani, Mukunda, Syenaghanta, Nikumbhi, Nagasphota, Dantini, Upacitra, Bhadra, Ruksa, Rocani, Anukula, Nihsalya, Vakradanta, Visalya, Madhupuspa, Udumbaradala, Taruni, Anurevati, Visodhani, Kumbhi, Agnikarahvaya, Pratyaksreni. | ||||
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| Original plant name | Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell. (= Baliospermum axillare Blume) | ||||
| Family name | Euphorbiaceae | ||||
| Used part | Root | ||||
| Distribution area | Distributed almost throughout India from Kashmir eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh, upto an elevation of 1,000 m and southwards into peninsular India, ascending to an altitude of 1,800 m in the hills of Kerala. | ||||
| Common uses | Roots are acrid, pungent, heating, anthelmintic, diuretic, thermogenic, purgative, antiinflammatory, anodyne, digestive, diaphoretic, rubefacient, fabrifuge and tonic. They are useful in the treatment of anasarca, dropsy, flatulence, constipation, jaundice, haemorrhoids/hemorrhoids, leprosy, skin diseases, strangury, vesical calculi, wounds, piles, splenomegaly, anaemia, leucoderma and fever. Roots are black in colour with thick bark; dried roots vary from 0.6 to 3.8 cm in diameter and are collected throughout the year for medicinal use. Powdered seeds are used as a drastic purgative. In large doses, they act as an acronarcotic poison. Externally, they are used as a stimulant and rubefacient. Seeds are sometimes substituted for those of jamalgota (Croton tiglium L.) and are often sold in the market under the same name. Oven-dried (at 50-7°) powdered roots are yellowish brown in colour, without any distinct taste and odour. It is cathartic and often found adulterated either with the roots of Jatropha curcas L. or Ricinus communis L. Leaves are purgative and are used for dropsy and for poulticing wounds. Leaves are given as a decoction or infusion in asthma and bronchitis. Sap is reported to corrode iron. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Arsas (haemorrhoids/hemorrhoids), Asmari (calculi), Sula (colic), Kandu (pruritus), Kustha (skin diseases), Vidaha (burning sensation), Sotha (swelling), Udara (abdominal disorders), Krmi (worm infestations), Vibhandha (constipation), Agnimandya (loss of appetite). | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | Ethanolic extract of the roots exhibited, in vivo, activity against P-388 lymphocytic leukaemia. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Katu (Pungent) | |||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | ||||
| Guna (Quality) | Guru (Heavy), Tiksna (Sharp), Asukari (Fast acting), Vikasi (Spreading) | ||||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Katu (Pungent) | ||||
| Karma (General action) | Dipana (digestive), Recaka (purgative), Krmighna (anthelmintic). | ||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha, Pitta | ||||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Mala recaka (Purgative) | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. Paste prepared out of its roots and seeds, helps to reduce swelling and pain when applied on the affected parts. 2. Leaves of Trivrt (Operculina turpethum), Danti (Baliospermum montanum), Cangeri (Oxalis corniculata) and Citraka (Plumbago zeylanica) are fried in oil and mixed with ghee and fatty layer of curd. It is given in haemorrhoids/hemorrhoids as vegetable. 3. For purgative action, 20g. of Danti is boiled in sixteen times of buffalo's urine and reducing to 80ml. is advised. 4. Twenty grams of Danti paste mixed with double the quantity of jaggery should be taken with cold water in jaundice. 5. In jaundice, powder of Danti 80g. with cold water or that of Dravanti (Croton tiglium) mixed with honey along with Triphala* (a group of three fruits) decoction is beneficial. 6. In udara roga (ascites), Danti oil should be given added with rock salt and Ajamoda (Trachyspermum roxburghianum). 7. In sannipatika udara (udara due to all the dosas), in order to relieve pain and constipation, oil of Danti and Dravanti seeds should be given with curd water, soup, meat soup. 8. In Kustha (skin diseases) Danti, Trivrt are powdered and advised with honey and ghee. 9. The paste of Danti, Ditraka, Snuhi (Euphorbia spp.), Arka (Calotropis gigantea), Bhallataka (Semecarpus anacardium), Kasisa (Ferous sulphate) and jaggery is highly beneficial in skin disease. 10. Bifurcating longitudinally a sugarcane, its inner surface should be covered with Danti paste and steamed. By taking this one will have normal evacuation easily. 11. Linseed, Guggulu (Commiphora mukul), Snuhi, excreta of cock and pigeon, Palasa (Butea monosperma), Ksara (alkali), Svarnaksiri (Argemone mexicana) and Danti are useful to burst a ripe abscess. 12. Juice of betel, Sigru (Moringa oleifera), Karavira (Nerium indicum), Sirisa (Albizia lebbeck), Danti mixed separately with honey is used as a collyrium. It alleviates inflammation of eyes. 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 | Dantyarista, Dantyadi curna, Danti haritaki, Danti kalpa, Danti ghrta. | ||||
| Related drugs | Croton tiglium L. and root bark of Croton oblongifolius Roxb. are used as substitute especially in south India. Root bark of Ricinus communis is the common adulterant. | ||||
| Comments | Its synonyms like Agnikara, Vahnisama etc., indicate that it is highly potent and burning like fire. Synonyms like Sighra indicates that it is very quick in producing results. Kakodumbarapatra means its leaves resemble that of kakodumbara. Since its fruits resemble that of eranda it is called erandaphala. It is included in Virecana, Mulini and Mulasava gana by Caraka and Adhobhagahara and Syamadi gana by Susruta. When consumed it causes griping pain in the stomach. Hence it must be given with Ajamoda or Satapuspa. Bhavaprakasa describes two varieties of Danti as Brhaddanti and Laghudanti (big and small) but ascribes similar properties for both. Its commentator identifies Brhaddanti as Jatropha glandulifera. However the synonyms given for danti as visalya is considered to be Gloriosa superba and nikumbha as white variety of Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso. One of the reference sources Indian Medicinal Plants, gives Malayalam names dantika, nirvalam, katalavankku, niratimuttu for Baliospermum montanum. In the Indian Medicinal Plants it is given that the seeds of danti are used as substitute for Croton tiglium. Method of collection: The strong root of danti is cleaned and applied with pippali curna and honey. Then it is burried in kusa and wrapped with mud paste. Later it is dried in sun. This helps in its potency. | ||||
| 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 240-243. 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 30. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 426-428. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi pp 182-183. | |||
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