Ayurvedic Pilu (smaller var.), Pilukaa, Sransi, Angaahva, Tikshnavrksha.
Unani Miswaak, Araak.
Siddha Perungoli.
Action Fruit—carminative (used in biliousness), deobstruent (used for rheumatism, tumours, splenomegaly), diuretic, lithotriptic. Leaves—decoction used for cough and asthma, poultice in painful piles and tumours; juice in scurvy. Flowers—stimulant, laxative. Applied in painful rheumatic conditions. Seeds—diuretic; purgative; fatty
Siddha Kalawa (Tamil).
Salvia lanata Roxb. 575
oil applied locally on rheumatic swellings. Root bark—topically vesicant. Bark—emmenagogue, ascarifuge, febrifuge. Biological activity of stem bark—spasmolytic. Plant—anti-inflammatory, hypoglycaemic, antibacterial.
The root gave elemental gammamonoclinic sulphur, benzyl glucosinolate, salvadourea (a urea derivative), m-anisic acid and sitosterol. Benzyl isothiocyanate, isolated from the root, exhibits antiviral activity against Herpes simplex virus-i which affects oral region. (The root is used in many parts of the world as a tooth brush.) Root bark and stem bark contain trimethylamine. Myristic, lauric and palmitic acids are the major acid components of the seed fat.
Dosage Fruit—3—6 g powder; 50— 100 ml decoction. (CCRAS.)
Salvia aegyptiaca Linn.
Synonym S. pumila Benth. Family Labiatae; Lamiaceae.
Habitat Arid areas from Delhi
westwards in Punjab and Rajasthan, and southwards in Gujarat and
Maharashtra.
Unani Tukhm-Malangaa.
Action Seeds—used for diarrhoea, also in haemorrhoids.
Seeds yield mucilage and a gum which contain aldobiuronic acid and aldotriouronic acid.
The mucilage on hydrolysis yields D-galactose, L-arabinose, L-rhamnose and galacturonic acid.
The seeds of this plant are often confused with those of Lallemantia royeleana Benth. which are also sold as Tukhm-Malangaa.
Salvia coccinea Linn.
Family Labiatae; Lamiaceae. Habitat Cultivated in Indian
gardens.
