Dosage Fibrous root—3—6 g for infusion. (API, Vol. III.)
Viburnum coriaceum Blume.
Family Caprfoliaceae.
Habitat The Himalayas from
Punjab and Bhutan at altitudes of
1,200—2,500 m, also in the Nilgiris. Ayurvedic Tilvaka (related species). Folk Kaalaa Titmuliyaa, Tita,
Karwaa (Kumaon).
Action The root and stem bark— antispasmodic, uterine sedative.
Ethanolic extract of the aerial parts shows antiprotozoal activity against Entamoeba hystolytica.
The root and stem bark (also of Vfoetidum) possess distinct odour of the root of valerian. The extracts of root and stem bark exhibited antispasmodic activity and were comparable with those of the bark of V opulus var. americanum and V prunifolium.
Laal Titmuliyaa (Kumaon) is equatedwith Viburnum mullaha Buch-Ham.
