Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Esala |
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| Formal name | Aragvadha (Bark) | |
Other names Tips！ | Amultas, Bandarlati, Sundali (B), Amaltas, Bandarlauri (H), Kakkemara, Rajataru (K), Kanikonna, Kritamalam, Svarnaviram (M), Aragvadhamu, Kolaponna, Rellachettu (Te), Arakkuvadam, Konnei, Sarakkondai (Ta), Rodbir chako zara (Ne), Ehela (Sin) | |
| English name | Golden Shower, Indian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Purging Fistula | |
| Original plant name | Cassia fistula Linn., Golden-Shower, Indian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Purging Fistula | |
| Family name | Caesalpiniaceae (Former Leguminosae) | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | bark |
| Collection information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Colombo , Ayurveda Cooperation | |
| Collection date | 1983/02/ | |
| TMPW No. | 1566 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Aragvadha (Bark), Golden Shower, Indian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Purging Fistula | ||||
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| Original plant name | Cassia fistula Linn. | |||||
| Family name | Caesalpiniaceae (Former Leguminosae) | |||||
| Used part | Bark, Fruit, Root, Flowers and Leaves. | |||||
| Distribution area | Occurs throughout tropical India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, Java and Philippine Islands. It is very common in Ceylon in the forests of the dry zone. | |||||
| Common uses | Bark is sweet, cold, germicidal, anthelmintic, emetic, febrifuge and purgative. It is used in the treatment of fever, heart diseases, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, malarial affections, haemetemesis/hemetemesis, dyspepsia, colic, constipation, ulcers, ringworm, boils, pustules, leprosy, strangury, leucoderma, eczema, ascitis, diabetes, jaundice, syphilis, dysuria, arthritis and chronic rheumatism. It promotes digestion and appetite. Stem bark is reported to be eaten raw for stomach ache. | |||||
| Pharmacological effect | Bark possesses tonic and anti dysenteric properties. The extract of stem bark showed high interferon like antiviral activity against Ranikhet disease virus and Vaccinia Virus (VV). | |||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 2 (Repr.1997), p 11. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 48. 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. 3, p 179. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/01/16 | |||||
