Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Pueraria
tuberosa (Willd.) DC. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba
Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia
Introduction
Based on Ethnobotanical
surveys since year 1990 in different parts of India Pankaj Oudhia has
documented vital information about Medicinal Plants mentioned in the famous
publication by Kirtikar and Basu (1918). Through this research document Pankaj
Oudhia has tried to present original document with additional notes. For
complete paper with pictures, Interactive Tables, Video and Audio clips please
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388. Pueraria
tuberosa, B.C. h.f.b.l. ii. 197.
Syn. : —
Hedysarum tuberosum, Roxb. 580.
Vern. : —
Bidari-kand, bilai-kand (H.) ; Shimeeya, batrajee
(B.) ; Sural,
siali (Pb.) ; Daree, goomodee (Tel.); Gorabel
(Raj.) ; Dari
(Bomb.) ; Karwia-nai (Guz.).
Habitat : —
Hills of the Konkan, Dekkan, Canara, West
Himalaya, Simla,
Kumaon, Orissa, Nepal, Circars, Behar,
Chota Nagpore.
A
large-deciduous, pubescent climber, with woody tubercu-
lated stem,
tuberous rooted- Bark brown iin. thick, peeling
off in vertical
strings. Wood very porous, soft, perishable,
white when fresh
cut, afterwards turning brown, fibrous.
The pretty
purple blue flowers appear before the leaves. Leaves
of 3 leaflets.
Leaflets broadly ovate, entire or sinuate, pointed,
long stalked ;
smaller equally sided. Flowers |in. long, in
small clusters,
crowded in long, panicled racemes. Calyx Jin.
densely covered
with red brown hairs ; teeth short acute, 2
upper nearly or
quite united. Standard orbicular ; keel nearly
straight,
obtuse, slightly shorter than the wings. Upper
stamen free at
both ends, but connected at the middle with
the sheath formed
by the others. Ovary hairy ; style glabrous,
abruptly
incurved at base ; stigma small capitate, pod flat,
densely grey,
hairy, 2-3in., deeply constricted between the
seeds, tipped
with persistent style- base. Seeds 2-6, separated
by partitions.
Parts used : —
The roots. [Pankaj
Oudhia’s Comment: All parts are used as medicine.]
Use: — The root
peeled and bruised into a cataplasm is
446 INDIAN
MEDICINAL PLANTS.
employed by the
Natives of the mountains where it grows to
reduce swellings
of the joints (Roxburgh).
Also given as a
demulcent and refrigerant in fevers (Watt).
In Nepal, it is
employed as an emetic and tonic, and is also
believed to be
lactagogue.
[Pankaj Oudhia’s Comment: Pueraria
is an integral part of Indian Traditional Healing. It is used both internally
as well as externally in thousands of Herbal Formulations. I have documented
information about over 350,000 Traditional Herbal Formulations in which Pueraria
is added as important ingredient. It seems there is endless knowledge about
this herb and in future the list of herbal formulations will become more
exhaustive. Among Traditional Cancer Experts Pueraria is popular. In over 8000 Traditional
Herbal Formulations Pueraria is added as secondary ingredient. In over 15000
Traditional Herbal Formulations for sexual health Pueraria is added as Tertiary
ingredients. In Central India Pueraria is added as nonary ingredient in over
20000 Traditional Herbal Formulations. These Formulations are not mentioned in
ancient literature related to different systems of medicine in India. Modern
researchers have also yet not done much work on this important species. Pueraria
based Formulations are popular among the Healers. Please see Table Puer-1 to
Puer-100 for exhaustive lists of Pueraria based Herbal Formulations.]
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Oudhia, Pankaj (2013). Pankaj
Oudhia’s Notes on Pueraria
tuberosa (Willd.) DC. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba
Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].. www.pankajoudhia.com
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