Dosage Whole plant—10—20 ml juice. (CCRAS.)
Liquidambar formosana Hance.
Family Altingiaceae; Hamamelidaceae.
Habitat Native to China; now
reported to have been introduced into Lalbagh gardens, Bangalore.
English Fragrant Maple.
Ayurvedic Silhak (var.).
Unani Silaaras (var.).
Action See Liquidambar orientalis.
Balsam (Chinese Storax) contains cinnamic acid (16%). Cinnamyl alcohol, borneol, a resin alcohol and volatile constituents (1.8—8%). The leaves on steam-distillation yield 005% of a volatile oil consisting principally of terpenes (88%).
Liquidambar orientalis Mill.
Family Altingiaceae; Hamamelidaceae.
Habitat Native to Asia Minor.
Lithospermum officinanle Linn. 379
English Storax, Oriental Sweet Gum.
Ayurvedic b Turushka, Silhaka, Kapitaila.
Unani Ambar Saayil, Silaaras. Siddha/Tamil Neri-arishippaL
Action Balsam—anti-inflammatory, stimulating expectorant, antiparasitic, antiseptic, antimicrobial. Used externally in scabies, ringworm and other skin diseases. Used for coughs and bronchitis as an inhalation.
Storax contained cinnamic acid up to 30%—cinnamin acid esters, cmnamyl cinnamate (styracin), phenylpropyl cinnamate; triterpene acids; vanillin; styrene; aromatic alcohols. Pentacyclic triterpene aldehydes—liquidambronal and ambronal—have been isolated from nonvolatile part of resin along with bornyl trans-cinnamate.
Dosage Gum—1-3 g. (CCRAS.)
Liriodendron tulipifera Linn.
Family Magnoliaceae.
Habitat Native to North America; introduced into hill stations in
India.
English b Tulip tree.
