Family- Simaroubaceae.
Habitat- Bihar, Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat, Orissa and southern India.
English- Tree of Heaven, Maharukh.
Ayurvedic- Aralu, Katvanga,Dirghavranta, Puutivrksha, Bhalluka.(Mahaanimba is a synonym of -Melia azedarach Linn.)
Siddha- Perru, Perumaruttu,Peruppi.
Action- Bark—bitter, astringent,febrifuge, anthelminitic, antispasmodic,expectorant (used in asthma,
bronchitis). Also used for dysentery as a substitute for Holarrhena antidysenterica.
Bark andleaves—used as tonic indebility,especially after childbirth.Leaves—used as adulterant for Adhatoda
zeylanica leaves.Along with other therapeutic applications,The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicates the use of stembark in high fevers and giddiness.The bark contains several quassinoids including ailanthone derivatives.They exhibit antitumour activity against P-388 lymphocytic leukaemia and are cytotoxic against KB test system.
Dosage Stembark—1-3 g (API
Vol. III.) Decoction—50-100 ml.
(CCRAS.)
Habitat- Bihar, Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat, Orissa and southern India.
English- Tree of Heaven, Maharukh.
Ayurvedic- Aralu, Katvanga,Dirghavranta, Puutivrksha, Bhalluka.(Mahaanimba is a synonym of -Melia azedarach Linn.)
Siddha- Perru, Perumaruttu,Peruppi.
Action- Bark—bitter, astringent,febrifuge, anthelminitic, antispasmodic,expectorant (used in asthma,
bronchitis). Also used for dysentery as a substitute for Holarrhena antidysenterica.
Bark andleaves—used as tonic indebility,especially after childbirth.Leaves—used as adulterant for Adhatoda
zeylanica leaves.Along with other therapeutic applications,The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicates the use of stembark in high fevers and giddiness.The bark contains several quassinoids including ailanthone derivatives.They exhibit antitumour activity against P-388 lymphocytic leukaemia and are cytotoxic against KB test system.
Dosage Stembark—1-3 g (API
Vol. III.) Decoction—50-100 ml.
(CCRAS.)
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