Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Delphinium denudatum Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Delphinium
denudatum Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson [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
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For original publication by Kirtikar and Basu (1918) please visit https://archive.org/details/indianmedicinalp01kirt
9. Delphinium denudatiim , Wall. h.f. br. l, i. 25.
Vern. :— Nirbisi, judwar (EL); Nilobikh (Nepal); Munila
(Simla).
Habitat : — West temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to
Knmaon, in grassy places.
Glabrous or slightly downy herbs. Stems 2-3 ft. branched.
Radical — leaves 2-6 in. across, orbicular, long-stalked,
divided
8 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS.
nearly to the base, segments 5-9, narrow, pinnately lobed,
often
toothed ; stem-leaves few, shortly stalked, upper sessile,
more
or less deeply 3-lobed, lobes narrow, mostly entire. Flowers
few, scattered, 1-1 \ in. long, spur cylindric, nearly
straight.
Sepals spreading, varying from deep-blue to faded grey.
Petals
blue, the lateral ones 2-lobed, hairy (CollettJ. Anterior
petals
deeply 2-fid, hairy on both surfaces. Follicles 3, inflated,
glab-
rous or sparsely hairy. (Hr. f. and Thorns.).
Use : — The root is used in Basbahr for toothache and also
as an adulterant for aconite (Stewart).
An alkaloid, introduced into commerce under the name of
delpliocurarine
(Merck) has been extracted from the roots of a number of
Delphiniums by
means of an 80 per cent, solution of alcohol containing
tartaric acid. Delplio-
curarine consists, in reality, of a mixture of bases, and
behaves physiologi-
cally like curare (compare Lob maim, Pfluger's Archiv 1902,
XCII, 398). It
forms a white, amorphous powder which has a very bitter taste
and an alkaline
reaction, and is readily soluble in dilute acids. A small
quantity of crystal-
line compound, C23H33 7 N, has been isolated from
delphocurarine by means of
ether and a mixture of light petroleum ; it crystallises in
needles, melts at
184 c -185°, is rather readily soluble in alcohol, ether,
chloroform, or benzene,
but only sparingly so in light petroleum, and contains 18 per
cent, of
methoxyl. The platinum and gold salts form pale reddish
yellow powders,
the former containing Pt. 13*69 percent, and the latter Au
23*29.
J. Cb. S. 1903, AT. 650.
[Pankaj
Oudhia’s Comment: In over 35000 Herbal Formulations used for treatment of
different types of fever Delphinium
is added as tertiary ingredient. In over 45000 Cynodon based Herbal
Formulations Delphinium is added as quinary ingredient. These Formulations are
used for blood purification. In treatment of skin diseases over 13000 Herbal
Formulations are used in which Delphinium is added as secondary ingredient. The
Traditional Healers are well aware of Delphinium excess, overdose and toxicity
and they use hundreds of formulations to manage it. Please see Tables Delphinium-1
to Delphinium-300 for details.]
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Oudhia, Pankaj (2014).
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Delphinium denudatum Wall.
ex Hook.f. & Thomson [Kirtikar,
Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)]. www.pankajoudhia.com
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