BOTANICAL NAME: Cinnamomum tamala
FAMILY: Lauraceae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:
Bhavaprakasha: Karpooradi varga
ENGLISH NAME: Indian Cinnamon
COMMON NAME: Tejpatra
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
पत्रं तमालपत्रञ्च तथा स्यात्पत्रनामकम् |
पत्रकं मधुरं किञ्चित्तीक्ष्णोष्णं पिच्छिलं लघु |
निहन्ति कफवातार्शोहृल्लासारुचिपीनसान् ||५८||
HABITAT: It is mainly found in Himalayan regions, south slopes of Himalayas, Khasi, west Bengal and Assam.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
Drug occurs in transversely cut pieces of 2.5 to 5 cm long, cylindrical, straight to slightly curved, cut surface 1.0 to 4.5 cm in dia.; external surface blackish-brown, cut surface cream colored; surface with numerous shallow wrinkles and transverse cracks; with a few rootlets and root scars; nodes and internodes prominent; taste, mucilaginous and slightly bitter.
AYURVEDIC CHARACTERISTICS:
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Madhura, Katu | Laghu, Picchila | Ushna | Katu | Ruchya | Kaphavatahara, |
AYURVEDIC ENERGETICS:
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Sweet, Pungent | Light, sticky | Heating | Pungent | Dyspepsia | Kapha and vata pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Essential oils (d-α phellandrene and eugenol)
THERAPEUTIC USES:
Medoroga: Anointment of Patra, Balaka, Aguru, Usira and Chandana remove foul smell of the body in case of obesity.
INDICATIONS: Plihodara Spleemegaly, Yakritodara Hepatomegaly
DOSAGE: 1-3 g of the drug in powder form.
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
1. Citrakadi Taila
2. Vajraka Taila