Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Welkahabiliya |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Dusparsa | |
Other names Tips！ | Duralabha (S), Bichati (B), Bichati (H), Turachi, Dulondi (K), Kotithoova (M), Duradagantatiga (Te), Kaanjori (Ta) | |
| English name | Indian Stinging Nettle | |
| Original plant name | Tragia involucrata Linn., Indian Stinging Nettle | |
| Family name | Euphorbiaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | whole plant |
| Collection information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Polonnaruwa | |
| Collection date | 1980/01/27 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 6386 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Dusparsa, Indian Stinging Nettle | ||
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| Original plant name | Tragia involucrata Linn. | |||
| Family name | Euphorbiaceae | |||
| Used part | Whole plant, root | |||
| Distribution area | Occurs in India, Ceylon, Bruma and china. In ceylon it is common in wasteground in the low country Jaffna, Anuradhapura, Minneriya, Galle, Matara, etc. | |||
| Common uses | The drug is astringent, acrid, diuretic, diaphoretic and antiperiodic and purifies blood. It is used in the treatment of asthma, toxicosis, fever, diarrhoea/diarrhea, phantom tumours/tumor, excessive urinary secretion, thirst, vomiting, dermatosis, venereal diseases, diabetes, haemorrhoids/hemorrhoids, gastropathy, melagia and brachialgia. A paste prepared from the roots is applied for the extraction of guinea worms. Mixed with the juice of Ocimum sanctum, the paste is employed in the treatment of itchy eruptions on the skin. Leaves are used in headache. Root is useful in acute congestion of the liver, laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and typhoid. It is also used as an application for leprosy. Root boiled in milk is given at bed time for any cough. | |||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||
| Comments | Dusparsa (Tragia involucrata) and Fagonia cretica are taken for dusparsa. | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 5 (Repr.1997), p 304. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 144. 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. 2, p 245. | ||
| Remarks | Root is the main part used in medicine. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/06/14 | |||