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Name:
Oil of Wintergreen
Gandhapura Taila is the oil obtained by the steeping and
fermentation of fresh leaves of Gaultheria fragrantissima
Wall. Family Ericaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Bengali: Gandapuro
English: Oil of wintergreen, Indian-Wintergreen
Guajarati: Gandhapuro
Hindi: Gandpuro, Gandhapuraa kaa tel, Machino
Kannada: Gandhapura
Malayalam: Gandhapura
Marathi: Gandhapura
Oriya: Gandhapura
Punjabi: Gandhapura
Tamil: Gandhapura tailam
Telugu: Gandhapura tailam
Urdu: Gandapuro
Latin: Oleum Gaultheriale
Description:
Gandpura patra taila is colourless or nearly colourless oil;
with strong characterstic odour, and pungent taste. It is
soluble in 6 parts of
alcohol (70 %).
Identification:
Take 2 ml of oil, add a drop of ferric chloride solution; a
violet colour is produced.
Therapeutic uses:
• Rheumatism (Amavata)
• Diarrhoea (Atisara)
• Toothache (Dantasula)
• Sciatica (Grdhrasi)
• Fever (Jvara)
• Intestinal worms (Udarakrmi)
• Gout (Vatarakta)
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