BOTANICAL NAME

CINAMOMUM TAMALA

FAMILY

LAURACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Tamalapatra, Patra, Patranamaka, Patraka, Tamala, Gandhapatraka

HINDI : Tejpat, Tamalapatra

DISTRIBUTION

Distributed in tropical and subtropical Himalyas, along the Eastern Himalyas between 900-2400 m in Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalya and along the Western Hiumalyas between 1000-1800 m in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh.

DOSE

Leaf powder 1-3 gm

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Linallol, Cinnamaldehyde, Eugenol, Isoeugenol, Cinnamic aldehyde, Quercetin, Kaempferol

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Laghu, Pichil, Tikshan

Katu, Madhur

Katu

Ushan

Kaphavatashamak

THERAPEUTIC USES

Aromatic

Thermogenic

Alexiteric

Anthelmintic

Diuertic

Stimulant

Carminative

Cardiac disorders

Cough

Cold

Diarrhoea

Proctitis

Opthalmia

Gonorrhoea

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Not Available