Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Nelumala |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Padmanala | |
Other names Tips！ | Kamalgatta, Chapni (T), Kombol, Padma (B), Kanwal, Kamal (H), Kamala (K), Tamara (M), Tamara, Erratamara (Te), Ambal, Tamarai (Ta), Kamal, Rato kamal, Rato thulo kamal (N), Nelun, Tamburu (Sin) | |
| English name | Indian Lotus, Sacred Lotus | |
| Original plant name | Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn., Indian Lotus, Sacred Lotus | |
| Family name | Nymphaeaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | tuber |
| 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. | 6242 | |
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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 | Padmakanda | |||
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| Synonyms | Pankaja kanda, Bisini, Nalinisakalam, Karatakam, Salukam, Salinam, Jalalukam, Padmamulam, Sakalam, Karahatakam. | ||||
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| Original plant name | Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. | ||||
| Family name | Nymphaeaceae | ||||
| Used part | Tuber, Seeds, Stalk, Leaves, Whole plant, Stemens, Thalamus | ||||
| Distribution area | Occurs in stagnant water throughout the warmer regions from Persia to Australia. It is common in tanks in the dry zone in Ceylon. | ||||
| Common uses | Roots are bitter, cooling, emollient and diuretic and are useful in pharyngopathy, pectoralgia, spermatorrhoea/spermatorrhea, leucorrhoea/leucorrhea, diarrhoea/diarrhea, dysentery, cough and dipsia. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Trsna (thirst), Daha (burning), Raktapitta (bleeding disorders), Krmi (worms), Gulma (intestinal colic), Mukharoga (mouth diseases) | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Karma (General action) | Vistambhi (creating blocks), Rucya (appetising), Vrsya (aphrodisiac) | |||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Asra (blood) | ||||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Malastambhakara (blocking faecal materials) | ||||
| Avayava (Action on organ) | Netrya (good for eye) | ||||
| 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 115-116. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 1161. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2023/12/21 | ||||
