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Crude drug name | Market name | Manel ala |
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| Formal name | Kumuda | |
Other names Tips！ | Manel, Kumudu (Sin), Saluka (B), Kanvaal, Nilofar (H), Bile taavare (K), Aampal (M), Allikaada (Te), Allittaamarai (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 | tuber |
| Collection information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Colombo , W. Wilbert & Co. | |
| Collection date | 1982/02/01 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 9959 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Kumuda (Rhizome), Indian Water Lily | |||
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| Synonyms | Sitotpala, Suvrsa, Kairava, Sita, Sasikanta, Syamavrnta, Sveta, Kuvalaya, Dhavalotpala, Kalhara, Sitala, Indukamala, Candrabja, Candrikambuja, Svetajalajam, Jaleruham, Somapriyam, Gardabhaka, Kairava. | ||||
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| Original plant name | Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. | ||||
| Family name | Nymphaeaceae | ||||
| Used part | Rhizome and Seeds | ||||
| 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 low country, especially in the dry zone, Jaffna, Galle, Anuradhapura etc. | ||||
| Common uses | This drug is cooling, sweet, bitter and tonic and is useful in diarrhoea/diarrhea, dysentery, dipsia and general debility. Powdered rhizome is given for dyspepsia, diarrhoea/diarrhea, piles, and urinary ailments. It is prescribed for cystitis, nephritis, fevers, insomnia and enteritis. The starchy rhizomes are roasted and eaten. An infusion of rhizomes and stems is considered emollient and diuretic. It is used for diseases of the urinary tract. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Daha (burning sensation), Asrapitta (blood vitiated by Pitta), Srama (tiredness). | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | A drug mixture comprising Nymphaea nouchali as one of its ingredients was found to cause significant decrease in serum cholesterol levels in hypercholestorolemic rabbits given a dose of 1-2g/kg/day for 7 days. The species is reported to be a herbal CNS drug used in Indian medicine. | ||||
| 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) | Hladi (gives satisfaction), Grahi (constipative), Sukraprada (aphrodisiac). | ||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha, Pitta | ||||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Sukraprada (aphrodisiac) | ||||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Grahi (constipative) | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. Ghee cooked with of blue variety of Utpala (Nymphaea nouchali) added with gold promotes intellect. 2. Juice of Utpala leaves mixed with a little oil checks discharge from bones and "Somaroga" (excessive female discharge). 3. Stamens of Kamala (lotus) and Utpala, Prisniparni (Uraria picta) and Priyangu (Callicarpa macrophylla) should be boiled with water. Now liquid gruel should be cooked with this which is wholesome for those suffering from intrinsic haemorrhage/hemorrhage. 4. The patient should take decoction of Kamala and Utpala, Srngataka (Trapa natans) root mixed with honey and sugar in dysuria and also take cold water. 5. In dysuria cause by vitiation of "Rakta dosa" (blood) one should take decoction of Utpala, Tala (Borassus flabellifer), Kasa (Saccharum spontaneum), Iksu (Saccharum officinarum) and Kaseruka (Scirpus grossus) and should also eat sugarcane, Vidari (Pueraria tuberosa) and Trapusa (Cucumis sativus). 6. Milk cooked with Utpala should be taken in fracture of tooth. 7. Utpala, seed of pomegranate and stamens of lotus - these pounded together should be taken with rice water. It alleviates fever with diarrhoea/diarrhea. 8. Utpala pounded with milk is kept underground for a month. Then it is applied externally. It blackens and makes hair glossy. | ||||
| Formulation | Nilotpaladi hima, Sharbat neeluphar. | ||||
| Comments | Seed is having sweet taste and heavy, rough, cold qualities. It is said to be constipative. It increases Kapha and Vata. It has some qualities of kamala and utpala according to classical books. Kumuda is included in mutravirajaniya gana by Caraka and utpaladi by Susruta. There are many varieties of this Utpala. The one with blue flowers is called Nilotpala. It is identified botanically as Nymphaea stellata. N. nouchali has white flowers. The flowers of N. alba is extremely white. Its synonym sitotpala, sasikanta, dhavalotpala, indukamala indicate that it is white in colour. | ||||
| 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. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay p 859. 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, pp 135, 137. A Revised handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, Vols. 1-14, 1980-2000. Dassanayake, M.D. and Fosberg, F.R., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.,New Delhi Vol. 9, p 291. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 585-586. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 105. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2023/12/25 | ||||
