Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Echinops echinatus Roxb. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Echinops
echinatus Roxb. [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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For original publication by Kirtikar and Basu (1918) please visit https://archive.org/details/indianmedicinalp01kirt
677. Echinops echinatus, DC. h.f.b.l, hi. 358.
Sans. : — Utati.
Vern. : — Utkatara (Indian Bazars).
Habitat : — Upper Gangetic plains, N.-W. Himalaya, and the
Punjab, from Benares westward, ascending to 5,000ft. to
Sirmore. Behar, Sindh. The Dekkan.
A much-branched, spreading, rigid annual, l-2ft. high, bran-
ched from the base. Branches wide-spreading. Leaves 3-5
in. long, sessile, oblong, pinnatifid, spines often 1 Jin.
Balls of
head white l-ljin. diam Outer invol. bracts 6-8 oblanceolate
glabrous pungent one often spinescent ; Involucre |in., long,
inner hardening around the obconic silky villous achenes.
Achenes ^in. long.
Use :— The drug is considered to be tonic and diuretic. It
is bitter, and appears to us to have the same properties as
the
710 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS.
Carduus benedictus of Europe. 'Pharmacographia Indica, Vol.
II, p. 320).
[Pankaj
Oudhia’s Comment: Through Ethnobotanical surveys I have collected
information about over 500,000 Herbal Formulations for diseases of urinogenital
system in which Echinops is added as secondary, tertiary, quinary and nonary
ingredients. Echinops roots are added as septernary ingredient in over 75,000
Formulations used for different types of Allergies. It is popular among the
expert Traditional Healers for treatment of Urticaria. In over 125,000
Formulations used for treatment of Diabetes complications Echinops is added as
octonary ingredient. The Healers are well aware of Echinops excess, overdose
and toxicity. They use hundreds of Formulations to manage it. Please see Tables
Echinops-1 to Echinops-350 for details.]
E-documents on Echinops
Citation
Oudhia, Pankaj (2013).
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Echinops echinatus Roxb. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu.
"Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian
Medicinal Plants. (1918)]. www.pankajoudhia.com
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