CABSALPINIA SAPPAN

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Herbal Cure for Atonic Diarrhea, Dysentery, etc . Sans.----Ruktamukta, Patanga. Eng.----Sappan wood; Brasiletto. Pers Ben. Arab, & Bom.----Bakam. Hind, Duk, Guz, & Mah.----Patang. Tel.----Bukkapuchettu, Bakaruchakka Tam.----Parthangi, Vetteku. Can.----Sappanga. Mal.----Chappanam. Habitat.----A. small thorny tree found throughout the Ea?tern & Western Peninsula. Parts Used.----The wood. Constituents.----Red coloring matter----sappan red, gallic and tannic acids. Sappan-red resembles haemat-oxylin and is soluble in ether, alcohol and water; contains carbon 67.11 p.c., hydrogen 5 43 p. c. and oxygen27.46 p.c. The active principle resembles haematin and is said to be identical with brasilin. The resinous extract of Sappan contains a crystalline principle which, if distilled and fused with potash yields resorcin Action.----The wood is a powerful astringent. Preparations.----Decoction or Infusion and Paste. Uses.----Medicinally the wood is recommended as a substitute for logwood. It is used in infusion or decoction as an emmenagogue and also in atonic diarrhea, dysentery, etc; also employed in some forms of skin disease, especially lichen, in the form of paste. Gulal which is made of arrowroot and the red coloring matter of Sappan wood is used in Otorrhoea by being blown into the ear.

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