BOTANICAL NAME

COSCINIUM FENESTRATUM

FAMILY

MENISPERMACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Canda, Daru-haridra, Daru-haridrakam, Daruharidra, Daruharidrakam, Darvi, Haricandana, Kaliyaka, Pitacandana, Pitacandanam, Pitadru, Pitasara

HINDI : Jhar-haldi, Jhar-i-haldi

DISTRIBUTION

This species is recorded in Southern India and Sri Lanka. It has also been reported in Vietnam. Within India, the species is restricted to the Western Ghats of Karnataka (Coorg, Uduppi, Dakshin and Uttar Kannada districts), Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Wynaad, Thrissur, Idukki and Palakkad) and Tamil Nadu (Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli and Nilgiri districts) upto an altitude of 400 metres The species is seen confined to the semi-evergreen and the wet evergreen forests.

DOSE

1 - 3 gm

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Berberin

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Laghu, Ruksha

Tikt

Katu

Ushan

Dipan

THERAPEUTIC USES

Blood purifier

Anti-pyretic

Abdominal disorders

Anaemia

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Not available