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cells, discontinuous ring consisting of 2-3 rows of stone cells and group of phloem fibres, stone cells variable in shape with simple pits, vascular strands as radiating strips usually 8-12 of xylem and phloem some reaching up to the centre, phloem consists of small strands of sieve elements and parenchyma just below the ring of stone cells, xylem consists of vessels, tracheids, fibres and xylem parenchyma, vessels and tracheids show simple pits on the walls, xylem parenchyma usually thick-walled and lignified but due to delignification patches of thin-walled parenchyma appear in the xylem region., medullary rays 1-3 seriate appear to be very wide at a number of places due to addition of delignified xylem parenchymatous cells, ray cells thin-walled, a few lignified and thick-walled while some show reticulate thickening, plenty of starch grains present in some of ray cells. Powder – Greyish-brown; under microscope shows group of cells, fibres and starch grains; crystals absent. IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH Foreign matter: Not more than 2 per cent, Total Ash: Not more than 7 per cent, Acid-insoluble ash: Not more than 1 per cent, Alcohol-soluble extractive: Not less than 11 per cent, Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 13 per cent, CONSTITUENTS - Alkaloids, saponin and quarternary ammonium bases, flavonol and sterol. PROPERTIES AND ACTION Rasa : Tikta, Katu Guna : Laghu, Tikshna Virya : Ushna Vipaka : Katu Karma : Tridoshashamana, Raktashodhaka, Vishaghna, Bhagnasand- hanakrit, Grahi, Stanyashodhana IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - Pushyanuga Churna, Pradarantaka Lauha, Sarasvata Ghrita, Brihat Gangadhara Churna, Stanyashodhana Kashaya Churna THERAPEUTIC USES - Shularoga, Atisara, Kushtha, Kandu, Jvara, Chardi, Stanyadushti DOSE - 3-6 g of the drug in powder form. JAMBU (Seed) (API Part –I, Vol. II, Pg.54) Jambu consists of dried seeds of Syzygium cuminii (Linn.) Skeels Syn. Eugenia jambolana Lam.; E. cuminii Druce. (Fam. Myrtaceae); a large info Ayurveda, Volume 1, No.12, April-June’ 2012 evergreen tree, attaining a height of 30 m and a girth of 3.6 m with a bole up to 15 m, found throughout India upto an altitude of 1,800 m. SYNONYMS Bengali : Badjam, Kalajam English : Jambul tree Gujrati : Gambu, Jamun Hindi : Jamuna Kannada : Nerale Beeja, Jambu Nerale Malayalam : Njaval Marathi : Jambul Oriya : Jam Kol, Jamu Kol Punjabi : Jaamun Tamil : Naval Telugu : Alla Nereduchettu, Neredu chettu Urdu : Jamun DESCRIPTION a) Macroscopic: 2-5 seeds, compressed together into a mass resembling a single seed, the whole seed enclosed in a cream coloured, coriaceous covering, smooth, oval or roundish, 1 cm long, 1 cm wide, brownish-black; taste, astringent. b) Microscopic Seed - Shows cotyledons consisting of single layered epidermis, mesophyll composed of isodiametric, thin-walled, parenchymatous cells fully packed with simple starch grains, oval, rounded measuring 7-28 μ in dia., a few schizogenous cavities are also found. Powder - Brown coloured; shows a few parenchymatous cells and numerous oval, rounded starch grains, measuring 7-28 μ in diameter. IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH Foreign matter: Not more than 1 per cent, Total Ash: Not more than 5 per cent, Acid-insoluble ash: Not more than 1 per cent, Alcohol-soluble extractive: Not less than 6 per cent, Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 15 per cent. T.L.C. T.L.C. of alcoholic extract of the drug on Silica gel ‘G’ plate using Toluene:Ethylaceate (90: 10) shows under U.V. light (366 nm) one fluorescent zone at Rf. 0.30 (blue). On exposure to Iodine vapour four spots appear at Rf. 0.12, 0.20, 0.30 and 0.95 (all yellow). On spraying with Vanillin-Sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate for ten minutes at 105°C, three spots appear at Rf. 0.20, 0.30 and 0.95 and 0.95 (all violet). CONSTITUENTS Glycoside (Jamboline), Tannin, Ellagic acid and Gallic acid. PROPERTIES AND ACTION Rasa : Madhura, Amla, Kashaya Guna : Guru, Ruksha Virya : Shita Vipaka : Katu Karma : Vatala, Pittahara, Kaphahara, Vishtambhi, Grahi IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Pushyanuga Churan THERAPEUTIC USES - Madhumeha, Udakameha DOSE - 3-6 g of the drug in powder form. 6
AMRA (Seed) (API Part –I, Vol. III, Pg.7) Amra consists of dried seed of Mangifera indica Linn. (Fam. Anacardiaceae), a tree found wild or cultivated throughout the country. SYNONYMS Sanskrit : Amrabijamajja Bengali : Am English : Mango Gujrati : Aambaro, Ambanoo, Aambo, Keri Hindi : Aam Kannada : Amavina Malayalam : Manga Marathi : Aamba Oriya : Amkoili, Ambakoiti Tamil : Mangottai Paruppu, Maangottai Telugu : Mamidi-Jeedi Urdu : Aam DESCRIPTION a) Macroscopic Seed 3-4.5 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, ovoid, oblong covered with wrinkled integument, both outer and inner integument closely united, outer integument buff coloured, inner integument reddish-brown; taste, bitter and astringent. b) Microscopic Seed shows outer integument consisting of tangentially elongated, irregular, thin walled, parenchymatous cells, with poorly developed conducting tissues of vessels showing spiral thickenings towards inner integument, inner integument consisting of slightly rectangular, wavy and large thinwalled parenchymatous cells; cotyledons 2, composed of isodiametric, parenchymatous cells fully packed with simple and compound starch grains; compound starch grains consisting of 2-6 components, each starch grain round to oval, measuring 2-28 μ in dia., a few conducting tissues with spiral vessels also found scattered in parenchymatous cells of cotyledons. Powder - Greyish-buff; shows reddish-orange coloured cells of integument, thin-walled, parenchymatous cells, simple and compound starch grains, consisting of 2-6 components, measuring 2-28 μ in diameter. IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH Foreign matter: Not more than 1 per cent, Total Ash: Not more than 3 per cent, Acid-insoluble ash: Not more than 0.5 per cent, Alcohol-soluble extractive: Not less than 10 per cent, Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 10 per cent, T.L.C.- T.L.C. of the alcoholic extract on Silica gel ‘G’ plate using n-Butanol : Acetic acid: Water (4:1:5) shows under U.V. (366 nm) two fluorescent info Ayurveda, Volume 1, No.12, April-June’ 2012 zones at Rf. 0.62 (yellowish) and 0.92 (blue). On exposure to Iodine vapour five spots appear at Rf. 0.07, 0.29, 0.62, 0.77 and 0.93 (all yellow). On spraying with 5% Methanolic-Sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate for about ten minutes at 110°C five spots appear at Rf. 0.07 (grey), 0.29 (grey), 0.62 (grey), 0.77 (brown) and 0.93 (brown). CONSTITUENTS - Tannins - Pyrogallotannins PROPERTIES AND ACTION Rasa: Kashaya, Madhura Guna: Ruksha Virya: Shita Vipaka: Katu Karma : Samgrahi, Vatakara, Krimighna IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - Pushyanuga Churna, Brihat Gangadhara Churna, Ashokarishta THERAPEUTIC USES - Atisara, Pravahika, Chardi, Daha, Tvagroga DOSE - 1-2 g of the drug in powder form PASHANABHEDA (Rhizome) (API Part –I, Vol. I, Pg.90) Pashanabheda consists of rhizomes of Bergenia ciliata (Haw.) Sternb., Syn. Bergenia ligulata (Wall.) Engl. (Fam. Saxifragaceae), a small perennial herb found throughout temperate Himalayas from Bhutan to Kashmir at an altitude between 2000-3000 m and in Khasia hills upto 1200 m altitude. SYNONYMS Sanskrit: Ashmabhedaka, Shilabheda Assamese: Patharkuchi Bengali: Patharkuchi, Himasagara, Patrankur Gujrati: Pashanbheda, Pakhanbheda Hindi: Pakhanabheda, Silphara, Patharcua, Pakhanabhed, Silpbheda Kannada: Alepgaya, Pahanbhedi, Hittaga, Pasanaberu, Hittulaka Kashmiri : Pashanbhed Malayalam : Kallurvanchi, Kallurvanni, Kallorvanchi Marathi : Pashanbheda Oriya : Pasanbhedi, Pashanabheda Punjabi : Kachalu, Pashanbhed Tamil : Sirupilai Telugu : Kondapindi DESCRIPTION a) Macroscopic Rhizome, solid, barrel shaped, cylindrical, 1.5-3 cm long and 1-2 cm in diameter with small roots, ridges, furrows and root scars distinct, tranversely cut surface shows outer ring of brown coloured cork, short middle cortex, vascular bundles and large central pith, odour, aromatic, taste, astringent. 7
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