Siddha/Tamil Chandanam, Sandana, Ingam.
Action Cooling, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, antiseptic and bacteriostatic against Gram positive bacteria. Used as a urinary antiseptic in chronic cystitis and sexually transmitted diseases. A paste is applied to temples in headache, during fevers and on burns, local inflammations and skin diseases (to allay pruritus). Essential oil—antibacterial, antifungal. Used as urinary antiseptic in dysuria, urethral discharges and diseases of gallbladder.
Key application In adjuvant therapy of infections of the lower urinary tract. Contraindicated in the diseases of the parenchyma of the kidney. (German Commission F.)
The bark contains a triterpene—urs12-en-3 butyl-palmitate. Chief constituents of the essential oil from heart- wood are alpha-and beta-santalol. Other constituents include sesquiterpene hydrocarbons—alpha-, beta-, epibeta-santalene and alpha-and betacurcumene and beta-farnesene. Dihydroagarofuran is also present in the essential oil.
Dosage Heartwood—3—6 g powder. (API, Vol. III.)
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Linn.
Family Compositae.
Habitat Mediterranean region. Grown as an ornamental on the hills of South India.
English Lavender Cotton.
Action Plant—stomachic, antispasmodic, vermifuge, emmenagogue, analgesic, anti-inflammatory.
The herb contains flavonoids, particularly 6-methoxy flavones; pectolinarigenin, hispidulin, nepetin and an essential oil.
The extract of flowers, leaves and roots of the plant are reported to be active against Gram-positive bacteria. Anti-inflammatory effects of the herb were demonstrated in rats without ulcerogenicity or toxicity. (Planta MediCa, 6, 1986.)
Sapindus laurifolius Vahl.
Synonym S. trfoliatus auct. non Linn.
Family Sapindaceae.
Habitat South India; also cultivated around vifiages in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West
Bengal.
English Soapnut tree of South India.
Sapium sebiferum Roxb. 581
Ayurvedic Arishtaka, Phenila, Raktabeeja, Reethaakaranja, Garbhapaatana.
