BOTANICAL NAME

ANTHOCEPHALUS INDICUS

FAMILY

RUBIACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Ashokari, Dasa, Deva, Dhara-kadambo, Dharakadambah, Dhulikadambah, Girikadambakah, Halipriya, Halipriyah, Haridra, Haripriya, Jala, Kadamba, Kadambah, Kadambaryya, Karnapuraka, Kutsitangah, Lalanapriya, Mahadhya, Nadija, Nipa, Nipah, Pravrishenya, Priya, Priyaka, Priyakah, Rajakadambah, Shatpadeshta, Sidhupushpa, Surabhi, Vrittapushpa

HINDI : Kadam, Kadamb, Kadamba

DISTRIBUTION

HIMALYAS, MYSORE, BURMA, ASSAM AND ANDAMAN ISLAND

DOSE

Leaf churna 3 - 6 gms, Fruit juice 10 - 20 ml    

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Camphene, Curcumene, Geraniol, Geranylacetate, Linalool, Linalyl acetate, Myrcene, Terpinolene, Cadambine, Cinchonine, Hentriacontanol, Quinovic acids

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Ruksha

Tikt, Kashay

Katu

Sheet

Vednasthapan

THERAPEUTIC USES

Analgesic

Diarrhoea, sprue

Anti – inflammatory

Skin disorders

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Abhrak bhasma

Nyagrodhadi kvath churna