BOTANICAL NAME

BALIOSPERMUM MONTANUM

FAMILY

EUPHORBIACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Anukheti, Anukula, Artagala, Bhadra, Danti, Dantika, Erandapatri, Erandaphala, Gunapriya, Jayapala, Kakubha, Kumbhachitra, Kumbhi, Kurantaka, Madhupushpa, Makulaka, Makunaka, Mukulaka, Nagadanti, Nagasphota, Nepala, Nikumba, Nikumbha, Nikumbhah, Nikumbhi, Nishalya, Nishkumbha, Pratyakparni, Pratyaksreni, Raktadanti, Rechani, Ruksha, Shighra, Shwetaghanta, Shyenaghanta, Sighra, Taruni, Udumbaraparni, Varahangi, Vishalya, Vishodhini, A, Upachitra, Upakulya

HINDI : Danti, Hakum, Hakun, Dante, Dantt, Jangli jamalghota

DISTRIBUTION

This species in globally distributed in Indo-Malesia. Within India, it is distributed throughout from Kashmir eastwards to Meghalaya, up to an elevation of 1000 metres and southwards into Peninsular India, ascending to an altitude of 1800 metres in the Western Ghats.

DOSE

Root churna 1 - 3 gm, Seed 125 - 250 mg leaf kwath 40 - 80 ml

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Diterpene hydrocarbon, Montanin, Baliospermin, 12-deoxyphorbol-13-palmitate, 12-deoxy-hydroxyphorbol-13-myristate, 12-deoxy-16-hydroxyphorbol-13-palmitate, Axillarenic acid

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Guru, Tikshan

Katu

Katu

Ushan

Tikshanvirechan

THERAPEUTIC USES

Analgesic

Anti-inflammatory

Urinary tract infection

Abdominal disorders

Rakta-pitta

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Sri bahusalo guda