Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Demata gmelina asiatica |
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| Formal name | Gambhari | |
Other names Tips！ | Demata (Sin), Bhadra (B), Badhara (H), Guludu (K), Cherukumizhu (M),Chirugummudu (Te), Kadukkumii (Ta) | |
| Original plant name | Gmelina asiatica Linn. | |
| Family name | Verbenaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | fruit |
| Collection information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Colombo , Ayurveda Cooperation | |
| Collection date | 1983/02/ | |
| TMPW No. | 1550 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Gambhari (G.asiatica) | ||
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| Original plant name | Gmelina asiatica Linn. | |||
| Family name | Verbenaceae | |||
| Used part | Fruit | |||
| Distribution area | Occurs in India, Ceylon and Burma. It is common in open places in the low-country upto 2000 feet altitude in Ceylon. | |||
| Common uses | Juice of the fruit is one of the constituents for the preparation of medicines for treatment of bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma. Fruit is reported to be edible. | |||
| Therapeutic uses | Daha (burning sensation), Trsa ( thirst), Ksata (injuries), Ksaya (emaciation). | |||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Madhura (Sweet), Amla (Sour) | ||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | |||
| Guna (Quality) | Guru (Heavy), Snigdha (Unctuous) | |||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Madhura (Sweet) | |||
| Karma (General action) | Brmhana (bulk promoting), Vrsya (aphrodisiac). | |||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Vata Pitta | |||
| Comments | It is considered as Gambhari in some books. But most books refer G. arborea as Gambhari. | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 3 (Repr.1996), p 93. Medicinal plants (Indigenous and exotic) used in Ceylon, Vols. 1-5, 1982. Jayaweera, D.M.A., The National Science Council of Sri Lanka, Colombo Vol. 5, p 167. | ||
| Last renewal date | 2024/04/10 | |||
