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Botanical Name:
Exudate of Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhand.
Guggulu consists of gum resin exudate of Commiphora wightii
(Arn.) Bhand, (Synonym Balsamodendron mukul Hook. ex Stocks
Commiphora mukul Engl.), Family Burseraceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Pura, Mahisaksa, Kausika, Palankasa
Assamese: Guggul
Bengali: Guggula
English: Gum-gugul, Indian Bdellium
Guajarati: Gugal, Guggal, Gugar
Hindi: Guggul
Kannada: Kanthagana, Guggala, Mahishaksha guggulu,
Guggulugida, Guggulu, Guggal
Kashmiri: Guggul Dhoop, Kanth Gan
Malayalam: Gulgulu, Guggulu
Marathi: Guggul, Mahishaksh
Oriya: Guggulu
Punjabi: Guggal
Tamil: Mahisaksi Guggalu
Telugu: Makishakshi guggulu, Guggipannu
Urdu: Muqil (Shihappu)
Botanical description:
Commiphora mukul is a small perennial tree or shrub upto
1.2-1.8 m high, with rounded tops, thick trunks, dark brown
bark and large, sharply pointed thorns on the stem. Branches
numerous, irregular or rough, stunted and spiny. Leaves
unequal, ternate, alternate. Flowers small, dioecious,
yellow-red fascicled, polygamous, arranged in terminal
panicles. Calyx tubular, teeth usually four, valvate petals
usually found inserted on the edge of the disk; stamens 8–10
on disk alternately long and short fi laments, dialated
below. Fruits are oval-lanceolate drupes, about 0.3 cm long.
When stems are damaged or incised, oleo-gum resins exude
from the schizogenous resin ducts The gum exudate occurs in
rounded or irregular tears or lumps of agglutinated tears of
variable sizes;brownish-yellow to reddish-brown or almost
black. The surface is mostly covered with a greyish or
yellowish powder; the internal surface is yellowish or
reddish-brown, sometimes marked with white spots or lines;
brittle; fracture, waxy, granular, conchoidal and yields
thin translucent fragments
Parts used:
Gum resin exudate
Major chemical constituents:
Resins, essential oil and water-soluble gum
Therapeutic uses:
• Rheumatism (Amavata)
• Skin diseases (Kustha)
• Urinary disorders (Prameha)
• Diseases due to Vata dosha / Neurological disorders (Vatavyadi)
• Cyst (Granthi)
• Oedema (Sopha)
• Cervical lymphadenitis (Gandamala)
• Obesity (Medoroga) |
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