BOTANICAL NAME

CITRUS MEDICA

FAMILY

RUTACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Matulung, Beejpur, Maha-jambirakaruna, Mahnimbu, Matalunga, Matunga, Vanabijapura

HINDI : Bijora, Nimbu, Limbu, Narangi, Neembu

DISTRIBUTION

This species is indigenous to north-east India and adjacent areas, where it is still found wild, particularly in the foot-hills of the Himalayas, Khasi hills and Garo hills of Meghalaya. Its cultivation has not attained any commercial importance but the tree is grown in home gardens and orchards.

DOSE

Fruit swaras 10 - 20 ml

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Citrol, Citrene, Cymene

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Laghu, Snigdh

Madhur

Madhur

Sheet

Rochan

THERAPEUTIC USES

Good on tapeworms

Sexual disorders

Anti-pyretic

Strength and vigour

Urinary tract infection

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Not available