Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Oluvii |
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| Formal name | Kumuda | |
Other names Tips！ | Olu, Et-olu (Sin), Saluka (B), Kanvaal, Niloper (H), Bile taavare (K), Aampal (M), Allikaada (Te), Allittamarai (Ta) | |
| English name | Indian Water Lily | |
| Original plant name | Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f., Indian Water Lily | |
| Family name | Nymphaeaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | seed |
| Production area information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | |
| Collection information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Colombo , W. Wilbert & Co. | |
| Collection date | 1980/02/08 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 6258 | |
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Production area information
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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Collection information
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,Colombo
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Kumuda (Seeds), Indian Water Lily | ||
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| Original plant name | Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. | |||
| Family name | Nymphaeaceae | |||
| Used part | Seeds and Rhizome | |||
| Distribution area | Occurs in warmer parts of India, tropical Asia and Africa. In Ceylon, it is common in shallow streams, tanks and pools throughout the long country, especially in the dry zone, Jaffna, Galle, Anuradhapura etc. | |||
| Common uses | Seeds are sweet, cooling, constipating, aphrodisiac, stomachic and restorative. They are useful in dipsia, diarrhoea/diarrhea and dermatopathy. Seeds are eaten by diabetic patients. Seed converted to flour is used for making bread in China and East Indies while it is boiled and eaten in the Philippine Islands. Seeds are edible and can be eaten raw or after parching. | |||
| Therapeutic uses | Daha (burning sensation), Asranut (vitiation of blood), Atisara (diarrhoea/diarrhea). | |||
| Pharmacological effect | Seeds produce toxic effects when consumed in excessive quantities | |||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Kasaya (Astringent), Madhura (Sweet), Tikta (Bitter) | ||
| Virya (Potency) | Sita (Cold) | |||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Unctuous), Picchila (Slimy) | |||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Madhura (Sweet) | |||
| Karma (General action) | Grahi (constipative), Sukraprada (aphrodisiac), mano mudam (imparts happiness). | |||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha, Pitta | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 4 (Repr.1997), pp 153-154. 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. 4, p 135. | ||
| Last renewal date | 2023/12/25 | |||
